The Nile river also supported in their early political unification between upper and lower Egypt. I believe that without the Nile River the early Egyptians would not have existed. The geographical surroundings of the Nile river has a big impact on the development of the Egyptian civilization. First of all the Nile river is 6695 kilometers (4184 miles) long, with this length, the Nile river is the longest river on Earth starting from Uganda to Ethiopia, flowing through a total of nine countries to the Mediterranean Sea. Located in Sahara desert in Northern Africa, the river flows north while the wind blows south making the Nile the main transportation way.
Without Nile river ,Egypt would just have been a wastless continuation of Saharan desert with little agriculture, transportation and communication. It is a gift for Egypt benefitting agriculturally from the flow of the river downward as it deposited silt, fertile soil ,natural fertilization along it bank in lower Egypt turning the land green and agriculturally prosperous. This condition allowed Egypt to cultivate and trade like wheat flax ,papyrus and other crops around the Nile. These trading system secured Egypt’s diplomatic relationship with other countries and contributed economics stability. Nile river provided almost everything they needed to sustain their life.
It has many tributaries but there are two main ones: the White Nile fed by lake Victoria and the Blue Nile coming from Ethiopian mountains. These two main branches join near Khartoum, the capital of Sudan and they continue together as Nile proper until meeting the Mediterranean Sea and forming the Nile delta in northern Egypt. Around 5000 BC, one of the first great civilizations developed in the northern Nile river valley dependent on agriculture in a land called Egypt. Water; Fertile soil; and river's flow north while prevailing wind blows south made the Nile the best transportation way, were examples of the Nile gifts. Another gift is that every year the flood came bringing disaster and famine due to destroying the crops and their villages.
Unlike the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the Nile floods at a predictable time of the year and in relatively predictable stages. This made it possible for the ancient Egyptians to follow a very stable agricultural cycle and compile substantial food surpluses. Although later on taken over by Alexander the Great, the Nile River remained a source of fertile land and a river upon which the Egyptian calendar was based on. It is not clear how much influence, if any, the kingdoms of the upper Nile had on the later history of sub-Saharan Africa. Knowledge of ironworking certainly spread, facilitating the expansion of agriculture in other parts of the continent.
Whereas, Mesopotamia was known as the “land between the river” due to the fact that it was stuck right between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Both civilizations were located by riversides, which supported them with fertile land helped create the base of their success. The Egyptians were more blessed in this because they had realized there vast natural resources because of the Nile River. Unlike the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, they had the benefits of the river flooding which would flood in September and leave perfect fertilized soil for the planting season. Egypt also grew papyrus reeds, had good fishing, and hunted animals by the river banks.
Name Instructor Course Date Module 3: Egyptian Civilization, Mythology and Culture Ancient Egyptian civilization began almost 5000 years ago along the banks of river Nile. Ancient Egyptian civilization is one of the most spectacular and fascinating civilization of time, even after it grew into the Greek and Roman civilizations. Ancient Egypt has left traces and preserved themselves more than any other civilization in the world; through the pyramids, Mummies, Papyri, Tomb paintings and death masks that have been preserved by the desert climate to date. [ (Moscovitch) ] The ancient Egyptian history is broken down to Culture, Civilization and Methodology. The Culture of ancient Egypt was born 5000 years ago, and for many centuries powerful rulers called pharaohs ruled the land.
There were also old Egyptian structures that had to be carefully moved to avoid destruction from the new path of the river. These relocations sparked controversy and resistance from the Egyptian people due to the old structures being a large part of the tourist attraction in Egypt. Another big problem the Dam caused was with the soil around the river. Normally the soil was very good for farming, even with the annual floods, but the construction of the Dam caused the nutrients in the water to stop flowing to the soil. The result was poor farmland and in turn, the poverty of the farmers wasn’t completely solved.
The Congo river ends up in the: Atlantic ocean also known as the mouth. Due to the fact that the Congo has many tributaries, the Congo River is the biggest transportation source in Central Africa. The rivers tributaries are on the left side: Lomami, Maringa, Busira and Kasai. And the tributaries on the rights side are: Lufira, Luvua, Lukuga, Linda, Aruwimi, Ubangi and Sangha. In the river many rapids and waterfalls of the Livingstone falls, among others.
In chapter 2: The Art of Mesopotamia and Egypt were in some ways very much alike. Mesopotamia and Egypt both had a great agriculture that helped them gain a little wealth. The Nile was a big part of the agriculture between the people. The most important waterways were the Indus and the Huang He in Asia, the Danube in Europe, and the Mississippi in North America. These rivers helped farmers with transportation, which then helped their agriculture grow.
The A-frame acts as a fulcrum which allows the users strength to be maximized thus lifting a lot more water, then other conventional methods. The shaduf was used to allocate water from a well into buckets which were then used to water crops. Most of the farming in Egypt was done in an oasis called Fayum. Since the ground was saturated with water, farmers could build dikes or canals to move from the oasis out into the farm land to water their crops. Neither the shaduf, or irrigation ditches would have been used to great effect if it were not for the basic’s of geometry.