The Nile
- The Nile River valley was necessary for farming, used for traveling, and is the longest river in the world (4100 miles).
- floods every year from July to November, and it brought rich soil for the egyptians, and washed away all of the waste
- contains deposits of granite that were used for building materials.
- Farming: used hand saws, oxen pulled larger soughs, goats and animals to walk on the ground after planting to pack the seeds down.
- harvest march-may--used sickles to cut grain
- Culture-Religion Polytheistic religion: multiple gods
- traveled on large boats
- economy depended mostly on farmers
- Social structure: king, ruling class, craftsman, farmers, marginalized groups, and slaves
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