Destination 3: The Nile Delta

The Nile Delta

     We arrived at our next destination to see, big surprise, more water. This time however, we were at the Nile Delta. The Nile Delta was the largest area of the fertile lands (Newman 56). Like the Nile River, the Nile River was used for agricultural purposes. In Ancient Egypt, farmers were the people who kept the economy up. It was the farmer's job to cultivate and irrigate the land.

It only fit to have farmer's tools as the artifacts for this area. The common tools used were a wooden hoe, a rake to clear the ground, a winnowing scoop for tossing grain, a sickle for reaping the harvest and a wooden spoon for collecting grain. For the people it was extremely hard on their backs since they are bent over for hours on end unlike nowadays where machines do all the work for you (David 118).

Wooden Hoe, Spoon, Scoop, Sickle

 The people contributed to the civilization because it was the people who put their back into it every day. Imagine if there was no class structure and everyone was of high class, who would be doing the work then? The place contributed to the civilization because without the land there would be no place to cultivate and irrigate. Sure there are others places to cultivate but the Nile Delta was the richest farmland in Egypt (dur.ac.uk).