The Nile
In ancient Egypt boiling desert’s full of scorched sand seem to stretch on and on and on with a little to no life in sight, but even in all this hopelessness there is hope and the hope is called the Nile. Measuring approximately 6,853 km miles start to finish the Nile is the world’s longest river, the Nile was of great use to the Egyptians because they used the Nile as a trading route because it was easier for the Egyptians to trade food, supplies, weapons, trinkets and clothing and also receive it in return because they were trading, it was an easier and convenient way to do all of this with other neighbouring countries.
Ancient Egyptians thought about Egypt being spilt into two types of land, one being the 'black land' and the other being 'red land ‘both lands were useful in their own way but completely different because:
The 'black land' was a rich and fertile land that laid on the banks of the Nile. And the ‘red land’ was a barren dessert that was sand dunes, rocky plateaus and low hills from miles around, but they were still useful. The ancient Egyptians used the ‘Black land’ for growing crops and framing this land was the only land that was the most fertile place and every year the Nile flooded and let millions of tons of rich black and fertile soil It that was used for farming crops. The scorched red sand made it a whole lot harder and disorientating for neighbouring countries or would be invaders to invade because they would need a lot of supplies and that will be a lot to carry and say if they got defeated it would be 10 times harder to retreat if they got defeated because they have used most of their supplies and man power that they will die in the desert of heat stroke, snake bite, dehydration, scorpion bite and spider bite if they don’t get treated well and fast. Also the land harvested a couple of oasis some of which provided famous wines, and the ‘red land was used as a burial ground for famous tombs, pyramids and temples. Also the desert was mined for semi-precious stones and Gold such as amethyst and jasper were mined for jewellery, and on the eastern side very rich minerals were mined most of the miners were slaves.
Ancient Egyptians thought about Egypt being spilt into two types of land, one being the 'black land' and the other being 'red land ‘both lands were useful in their own way but completely different because:
The 'black land' was a rich and fertile land that laid on the banks of the Nile. And the ‘red land’ was a barren dessert that was sand dunes, rocky plateaus and low hills from miles around, but they were still useful. The ancient Egyptians used the ‘Black land’ for growing crops and framing this land was the only land that was the most fertile place and every year the Nile flooded and let millions of tons of rich black and fertile soil It that was used for farming crops. The scorched red sand made it a whole lot harder and disorientating for neighbouring countries or would be invaders to invade because they would need a lot of supplies and that will be a lot to carry and say if they got defeated it would be 10 times harder to retreat if they got defeated because they have used most of their supplies and man power that they will die in the desert of heat stroke, snake bite, dehydration, scorpion bite and spider bite if they don’t get treated well and fast. Also the land harvested a couple of oasis some of which provided famous wines, and the ‘red land was used as a burial ground for famous tombs, pyramids and temples. Also the desert was mined for semi-precious stones and Gold such as amethyst and jasper were mined for jewellery, and on the eastern side very rich minerals were mined most of the miners were slaves.