flooding seasons
growing season
harvest season
irrigation canals
surplus of crops, economy would flourish.
social sructure,king,ruling class, craftsmen,farmers,slaves
agriculture, plowing to break up top soil
culture,
religion wrote using hieroglyphics
menes:first dynasty egyption king
buildings and construction
houses of mud brick
pyramids
the nile river is the longest river in the world an the only river that flows north in the world.
nile gets water from the mountains
early river civilizations:
mesopotamia, irrigation was good and bad. salt water killed the crop. left salt behind when it evaporated.
salt made land unfertile. nile river was home to the egyptian empire. river changed course. floods didnt fertilize soil so fields became un fertile. large monsoon. harappan civilization ended around 1300 b.c.
flooding helped make soil fertile and irrigate crops, but are also bad becuase they can destroy civilizations.
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