Destination 2: The Nile River

The Nile River

     We arrived yet again to see a large surplus of water. Thought it was not easy to distinguish, we realized we were at the Nile River. The Nile, also known as the Black Land, was the main highway and was a source of food and water. The Nile was mostly used for agricultural uses. When the Nile flooded, it left behind rich soils used to grow crop and make mud-houses. Egypt depended on the floods. If the Nile did not flood there would be no rich soil to grow crops on, which could affect the agriculture greatly and cause a chain reaction. Other than a source for rich soil, the Nile was used as a source of food. The river had a surplus of fish (Tyldesley 8). 

Model Boat

     Since the Nile is a body of water, a more the obvious artifact would be a boat. Boats were the only form of water transportation in that time and are still used today. Unlike today, boats in ancient Egypt only fit a single person. With only one person on the boat, the rate of efficiency was quite low compared to now. Nowadays all you have to do is put a net in the water, wait a bit and before you know it you have a hundred fish lying before you.  Part of the centralization of the government was stability. Stability in ancient Egypt depended on food.

     The people contributed to the civilization because the poor people were the ones who did all of the manual labor. The place contributed to the civilization because without the Nile, the Fertile Lands would not exist, it would just be a land of dry infertile soil.