Geography of ancient Egypt

1. Geography of ancient Egypt By Alyssa Branning Logan Bush Tyler Reed Travis Nunn

2. Location and physical features • Nile River is 4000 miles long • Southern Egypt is called upper because it is located up river • Northern Egypt is called lower because it’s located downriver • Cataracts are strong rapids located at some points along the Nile • The Nile is divided into branches called a delta or a triangle shaped area of land made of soil deposited by a river • Swamps and marshes used to cover the Nile delta • Two thirds of Egypt's fertile farmland are located along the Nile delta

3. The floods of the Nile • Egypt had a flood along the Nile once a year from rainfall • The floods of the Nile were easy to predict • Upper Egypt flooded in midsummer and lower Egypt flooded in the fall covering land with rich silt • The silt made the farmland a dark color and that’s why its known as the black land • The floods were a miracle, if Egypt didn’t have them they couldn’t have settled there

4. Civilization develops along the Nile • Hunter gather groups moved to the Nile valley more than 12000 years ago • They ate plants , wild animals, and fish • Farmers in Mesopotamia developed irrigation systems and they built canals to use in the dry months and to transport it to were it was needed • The Nile provided Egyptian farmers with their food • Egypt was hard to invade because of the desert was to harsh and too big • The Red Sea also made it difficult to invade Egypt • By 3200 B.C the villages had developed into two kingdoms • One was upper Egypt the other lower Egypt

5. Kings unify Egypt part 1Rulers of Ancient Egypt • The king of lower Egypt ruled from a town called Pe • He wore a red crown to symbolize his authority • The capital of upper Egypt was Nekhen • The king had a cone shaped white crown • Menes rose to power in upper Egypt in 3100 B.C • He wanted to unify upper and lower Egypt • Menes took control of lower Egypt; he married the princess of lower Egypt to strengthen his control • He combined the white and red crowns

6. Kings unify Egypt part 2 • Pharaoh was the title used by Egypt's rulers (Menes was considered the first) • Dynasty is a series of rulers from the same family ( Menes founded the first dynasty) • Menes built a capital called Memphis it was the center of Egypt political and cultural wise (many government offices were there and artistic activity) • The first dynasty lasted about 200years • Rivals appeared and took over; becoming the second dynasty • Pharaohs after Menes wore the double crown and they extended Egypt upward along the Nile and into southwest Asia

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