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The Nile River

The Nile River. THE LIFELINE OF EGYPT. Giver of life. The river was a part of Egyptian life: Farming Religion Governing Brought people together. Was a highway Led to trade, Communication, and Growth. Taker of Life. Little rainfall caused death. Crops died

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The Nile River

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  1. The Nile River THE LIFELINE OF EGYPT

  2. Giver of life • The river was a part of Egyptian life: • Farming • Religion • Governing • Brought people together. • Was a highway • Led to trade, Communication, and Growth

  3. Taker of Life • Little rainfall caused death. • Crops died • Too much rainfall caused death • Crops died and people were washed away

  4. Source of Innovation • Farmers were able to predict when the yearly floods would come. • Inundation • Egyptian calendar based on it. • Emergence • Time to plant crops • Floods went away • Harvest • Crops were ready • Built dams and canals • Shaduf • Long pole with a basket for holding water. • Allows farmers to take water from the river.

  5. Source of Religion • Egyptians used stories about their gods to explain events in nature. • Sun God (Re) • Born each Day • Died each night • Believed in many gods • Controlled the floods of the Nile • Believed in the Afterlife. • You go somewhere when you die. • Prayers were collected in the Book of the Dead.

  6. Unified Egypt • 5000 B.C. – small villages appear along the Nile River. • Turned into City-States. • Capital was called a Nome. • 3500 B.C. -Joined into two large kingdoms • Upper Egypt • Lower Egypt • 3000 B.C. Menes/Narmer conquers Lower Egypt and unites it. • World’s First Nation State. • Lasted 3000 Years

  7. What does living next to a river lead to? • These are the three magic words of the class.

  8. Trade

  9. Communication

  10. Growth

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