The Nile River Valley
-The nile is the longest river in the world-4,100 miles
- floods every year from july to november
- this brought rich soil and washed away waste
- used for transportation since it runs north and south
- valley contains deposits of granite, sandstone, and limestone used for building materials
- used hand soughs, had oxen to pull larger soughs
- used animals to walk over planted seeds to pack it down
- used sickles to cut grain
- papyrus reeds grew along the nile, made into sadals, mats, baskets, boats and paper
- religion was polytheistic: multiple gods
- traveled on large boats and built pyramids
- the economy depended on farmers
- social structure--king, ruling class, craftsman, farmers, marginalized groups, slaves
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