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What did they do to the wild grasses they collected along the Nile
They ground them to make a special kind of bread
What did people first collect
Seeds of wild grasses that grew along the Nile
What did the people later started doing
Planting and growing the grasses that have the best seeds
What did they grow in Egypt
They grew wheat and barley
What did they grow south of Egypt
They grew millet and sorghum
What did the people also start keeping
They started keeping wild cattle,goats and sheep
When did farming begin along the Nile
Around 8000 years ago
We’re did people come from to go to Egypt
Nubia in the south,Libya in the west,Palestine and Syria in the east
The Nile is made up of two rivers what are there names
The blue Nile and the red Nile
We’re does the 2 rivers that make up the Nile river join as one
They join as one in Khartoum,Sudan
We’re is the sources of the white and blue Nile
They are in Uganda and Ethiopia
What happend when it rained
When it rained the mountains regions further south the Nile would flood its banks well flooding throw Egypt.the floodwaters carried fertile mud wrich deposited into the river valley and this was good for the soil.the soul stayed rich year after year
We’re did Egyptians build there houses
On higher ground away from the river
Who invented the shaded and what did it do
It was invented by the Egyptians. It was a way of lifting water out of a canal and poring it in too smaller iregation channels
What happend after ploughs were invented
Farmers were able to produce more food then they needed to feed their family’s
Not everybody had to produce food what other jobs were available
There was pottery,leatherwork,weaving,seamstress,scribes
As the population grew what was needed
Leaders were needed
What did the leaders do
They organized the canals and trade
What was eventually neede after there was leaders
They needed a strong leader
What did the strong leader become
The strong leader became king of Nile detail close to the sea called lower Egypt
Was there a king upper Egypt
Yes there was a king of upper Egypt
Did these two kings of upper and lower Egypt join together under one king
Yes
what did the people believe the pharaoh was
The beloved the pharaoh was a king
What would the pharaoh do every year
He would perform a a ceremony next to the Nile to make sure it would flood
