Every year the Nile River would overflow starting in July and ending in November. This flood was caused by heavy summer rains in the highlands. When the Nile flooded it would provide many things for the people who lived around it. It would provide water for drinking and bathing,supported transportation and trade, provided materials for building, cloth for making clothes, and even papyrus to make paper. The Nile could also be dangerous though when it flooded. Sometimes when the Nile over-flooded it would destroy houses and kill many people. If it did not flood enough, however, not enough silt would be produced for farmers to plant on. So Egypt's entire world basically revolved around the Nile river and how it flooded.
The Nile river is the longest river in the world. It is located in Egypt and is mostly surrounded by desert land. The Nile and other bodies of water around Egypt would act as barriers protecting the civilization from war and disease. The source of the Nile river is in Burundi in Central Africa, it flows through Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, and empties out into the Mediterranean sea. An interesting fact about the Nile river is that it flows south to north, and it is the only river that does this.
Farmers would wait every year for the Nile to overflow, and when it receded they would use the fertile silt that it left behind to plant their crops in. The silt was very useful in growing crops because the area around Egypt was mostly desert land. Crops that farmers grew included wheat, barley, flax, onions, leeks, garlic, and much more. Farmers would create irrigation systems to help water their crops. If the Nile River was not in Egypt farmers would not have been able to grow enough food, and many people would have died from starvation.
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Beck, Roger B., Linda Black, Larry S. Krieger, Phillip C. Naylor, and Dahia Ibo Shabaka. "Pyramids on the Nile." World History Patterns of Interaction. Illonoise: McDougal Littlell, 2009. N. pag. Print.
Beck, Roger B., Linda Black, Larry S. Krieger, Phillip C. Naylor, and Dahia Ibo Shabaka. "Pyramids on the Nile." World History Patterns of Interaction. Illonoise: McDougal Littlell, 2009. N. pag. Print.