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As the territory is a desert, they could cultivate just a narrow strip along the Nile by usin an irrigation system= that is they dug canals and built gates so that they could water the fields with the water of the Nile after the flooding (it occured in June). They also used the shaduf, with which they were able to water the higher places as well. They grew wheat and barley.
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RossI know you know nothing about Egypt.
Egypt isn't just a barren desert, it is a city call Cairo.
And no, Cairo wasn't built in the desert. It was built near the Nile River.
The Nile River is the longest river in the world. The farmers settled there to grow crops. Yes, the silt was beautiful and that's the reason why the crops grew in the River, not in the desert.
The desert separates neighboring Countries from attacking and from attacks from the other people. Nothing can live there. And major source of water comes from the Nile River in Egypt.
Yes, this is my project on ancient Egypt.
Deserts can be turned into farmland with very careful management of water and soil. Typically, people use irrigation systems to bring in water from a great distance. One man, however, created a ten acre "food forest" using nothing but the sparse few inches of rain that fall near the Dead Sea in Israel. If you find that interesting, look up the phrase "Greening the Desert."
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When was the Egyptian god Ra's birthday?
Well, honey, Ra doesn't have a birth certificate lying around, but ancient Egyptian mythology places his birthday on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar. So, if you're planning on throwing him a party, make sure to mark your calendar for that date!
What two roman rulers were responsible for creating the yearly calendars as you know it?
The mayans!
How did people from long ago develop calendars?
They used astronomy and the sun dial to make accurate yearly calendars
Where was most of Egypt's fertile land?
Egypt's futile land was along the banks of the river Nile, where the yearly flood waters deposited sediment which fertilised the ground
What role did religion play in the civilizations of mesopotamia and Egypt?
It is a very simple answer, in the early civilization religion was almost everything. The Kings were selcetd by the church, and Kings had the reputation especially in egypt that they have been chosen by God. Mostly everything that was recorded or written down were all done by churches, monks beacsue they had the proper education to know how to read and write, so there was also the religious bias in most concepts. Science existed as long as it proved the existence of God, and the closer you were associated with the church the higher place you held in the socail class. There was the church, the state, the landlords, soldiers, peasents, women and slaves. Governments always played around the church becasue the church had the power to domonate people's beliefs and fears. A king couldn't have thrown over a church but a church could have thrown over a king. The church or religion was like a pupet master that yanked the king and the public how they wished, and until the enlightenment era when people really started to question the existence of God through science and were able to prove things through science the church was the the government and the government was the church.
