Academy for American Democracy: Ancient Egypt & The Nile River - Tanya Remfort

Ancient Egypt & The Nile River

By Tanya Remfort

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How the Nile River helped Egyptians

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Hunters and gathers moved into the Nile River back in 5000 BC. They settled, farmed and built villages and became one of the first civilizations.

Civilizations are complex societies with organized communities and governments.

Egypt gets little rain which causes Egyptians to rely on the Nile River for fishing, cooking and growing crops such as wheat, grapes and flaxseeds.

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The Nile River flows north from the heart of Africa to the Mediterranean Sea for about 4,000 miles. Two rivers meet to form the Nile River. They are the Blue Nile in eastern Africa and the White Nile in central Africa.

The water forms rapids where they meet together.

This helps invaders because the rapids stop large ships from sailing through.

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Lower and Upper Egypt are named this way because of the Nile River’s flow. The Nile River flows downhill.

The south of Egypt is upstream and the north of Egypt is downstream.

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Deserts lie on both sides of the Nile River. The deserts were so hot, the ancient Egyptians called them “The Red Land.� It kept enemies away.

Just before the river reaches the Mediterranean Sea, it divides into many branches. These branches spread out over an area of rich soil. This area is called a Delta.

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Egyptians also developed ways to use papyrus.

This reed plant grew along the shores of the Nile. They harvested it to make baskets, sandals, and river rafts.

They also used it for making writing paper. Egyptians developed their own system of writing called hieroglyphics. It was made up of thousands of pictures and sound symbols.

Some symbols stood for objects and ideas.

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https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-6/ancient-egypt-the-old-king dom https://nsms6thgradesocialstudies.weebly.com/ancient-egypt.html https://unsplash.com/s/photos/

I hope you learned something.

Now go and be great!

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