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Geography of ancient Egypt . By Alyssa Branning Logan Bush Tyler Reed Travis Nunn. 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
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Geography of ancient Egypt By Alyssa Branning Logan Bush Tyler Reed Travis Nunn
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
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
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
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
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
Resources • Our world history book • http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sugexp=bvie&cp=3&gs_id=a&xhr=t&q=images&qe=aW1h&qesig=2i_KwdpEHcUb9MzZAjAs4w&pkc=AFgZ2tn2ZU9IGUBZybQ7v1kedgj0M-ddyziw4JrGQWlni7rBkxndtztWz6YXg • http://www.google.com/imgres?q=nile+branches&um=1&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=667&tbm=isch&tbnid=xLIGPLaus9_G_M:&imgrefurl=http://www.superstock.co.uk/stock-photos-images/155827368&docid=IO2w_FWssJh0JM& • http://www.google.com/imgres?q=river+rapids&um=1&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1366&bih=667&tbm=isch&tbnid=GAlGFS9UU6oj4M:&imgrefurl=http://www.scenesofvermont.com/fishing/index.html&docid=ErALodwibky • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so385dCUoJM&NR=1 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yorg00PpEVM