Upper and Lower Egypt, floods, black land, red land!✨ Flashcards
Describe Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt was the area below the Niles cataracts, which was a narrow valley that was lined with cliffs.Even though it was below Lower Egypt, it was called Upper Egypt as it was upstream from the Mediterranean sea.
What does the Nile river carry?
The Nile river carries slit, which is a fine mineral that forms fertile soil, from East Africa.
Describe the Nile’s delta
near the end of its journey, the Nile slows down and and it fans out into multiple seas, rivers and streams. the river drops its slit, and over millions of years, the slit built up to form the delta.
What is a delta?
A delta is an area of sediment-soil or minerals carried in a river-deposited at the mouth of a river.
Describe Lower Egypt
The Niles delta forms the region known as Lower Egypt.It is an area of fertile sediment, located in Northern Egypt.
Describe the black land
The Black land is a narrow strip of fertile soil that lines both banks of the river and its delta.
Why did they call Egypt ‘Kemet’?
Kemet means Black land, and this rich, dark soil was so important to their country, that they named their country after it.
what created the black land
The yearly flooding of the Nile created the Black land.
Describe the Nile river flooding
The annual Nile flooding in ancient Egypt was caused by heavy summer rains in East Africa. the flood brought fertile slit and a fresh layer of soil when the water drained away.
What were the problems with the Flood?
However, the Nile floods were unpredictable. If too much water came, it could lead to a natural disaster. If too little water came, Egypt could suffer a drought, or a shortage of water. Droughts could bring hunger by causing crops to fail.
Describe the Red Land.
The Red land was a vast desert on either sides of the black land. Unlike the black land, the red land was a deadly desert of hot, burning sands.
