Geography delfi & mora

By :Delfina and Mora 4-B 2014

The ancient Egyptians thought of Egypt as being divided into two types of land, the 'black land' and the 'red land'

The 'red land' was thebarren desert that protected Egypt on two sides.

These deserts separated ancient Egypt from neighbouring countries and invading armies.

They also provided the ancient Egyptians with a source for precious metals and semiprecious stones.

mines

• The mines of the eastern desert produced important natural resources like gold and semiprecious stones. • The ancient Egyptians used these materials to make jewellery and special objects for the pharaoh and his family, members of the nobility, and temples. •

Quarries • The ancient Egyptians quarried many different types of stone.

Limestone, sandstone and granite were some of the most common stones used in making statues, and building temples and pyramids.

Oasis An oasis is an area of land in the middle of a desert with a natural water source. Some of the oases in ancient Egypt were large enough so that people could settle there and grow fruit and grain. One oasis was actually the site of a vineyard which produced wine for the pharaoh.

Archaeological • Something which relates to archaeology.

Archaeology is the study of past cultures based on artifacts, texts and monuments left behind by that culture.

Contours • The outline of a natural feature of the landscape such as a mountain or a coastline

Natural resources • Something that is easily available to the people who live in an area, rather than something that needs to be brought into the area from another place.For instance, tall trees were not one of Egypt's natural resources, so they needed to import trees from a country where there were many forests, like Phoenicia (modern-day Lebanon).

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