The Nile River Flashcards
People came from ……….. In the south
………. In the west
……….. + ……… In the east
Nubia
Libya
Palestine + Syria
How did farming start along the Nile?
- Collected seeds of wild grasses to make flour for bread
- They grew wheat + barley. Further south grew millet + sorghum
- Kept wild cattle, goats + sheep = milk + meat.
- Farming began along Nile 8000 yrs ago
- Water plentiful crops grew as fertile soil + good grazing
Nile is made up of 2 rivers
The white Nile + blue Nile which joins in Khartoum, Sudan
The source of the 2 rivers is in…..
Uganda + Ethiopia
Describe where and when the river Nile flooded and how it effected them?
When it rained in the mountainous regions further south the Nile would flood it’s banks when it flowed through Egypt. The floodwaters carried fertile mud which was deposited in the river valley when the flood waters receded. Excellent for farming. Soil along Nile stayed rich every year.
Where did Egyptians build their houses?
Higher ground away from river. Settlements of clay brick houses became small settlements.
How where crops watered if not grown next to river?
System of canals was dug to irrigate crops not next to river
What was the shaduf?
Was a way of lifting the water out of the canal + pouring it into smaller irrigation channels. Water was lifted with a bucket.
Describe the shaduf.
Wooden pale is balanced on a frame structure and on the end of the pole is a weight to hold the pole in place. At the other end of the pole is a bucket that they pull down and full it with water and poured into irrigation ditches
How did the Egyptians become social and why?
After ploughs were invented farmers produced more food than they needed to feed their families.
Other than farming what else did they do for work?
Pottery, weaving, leatherwork, seamstress, scribes
When did they need leaders + what did the leaders do?
As population grew they needed leaders. They organized the farming, the canals and the trade
Explain the kings that came in place and who they were in charge of?
King of Nile delta area close to the sea called lower Egypt.
Their was also a king of upper Egypt - this stretched for 700km south of Nile delta.
2 kings did join together under 1 king 5000 yrs ago.
2 lands became known as Egypt.
Farmers had to give pharaoh part of their produce as tax.
People believed pharaoh was…..
A God.
What did people think the pharaoh controlled?
The flooding of the Nile. Pharaoh performed ceremony next to Nile to make sure that it would flood.