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The Nile River
The Nile River is the longest river in Africa. It's also the longest river in the
world! It was a most important river to the ancient Egyptian people.
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The Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea. It flows
right through Egypt, bringing all kinds of benefits
like water to irrigate crops, and a river for sailing
ships from ancient Egyptian port to port. The river
was full of fish and the river banks were full of good
things to eat.
Each year, water would melt on the mountaintops located to the south of
Egypt. The water would rush down the mountain and into the Nile River. As
the floodwaters receded, they left behind rich soil. Crops grew very well in this
rich soil.
Today, the Nile no longer floods because of the construction of the Aswan
Dam.
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Businesses in Ancient Egypt
The ancient Egyptians were
wonderful traders. They traded
gold, papyrus, linen, and grain
for cedar wood, ebony, copper,
iron, ivory, and lapis lazuli (a
lovely blue gem stone.)
Ships sailed up and down the
Nile River, bringing goods to
various ports. Once goods were
unloaded, goods were hauled to
various merchants by
camel, cart, and on
foot.
For social ranking,
merchants were right
under scribes in
importance. They
were respected.
The ancient
Egyptians bought
goods from merchants. They traded goods through their shops and in
the public marketplaces.
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Math in Ancient Egypt
The ancient Egyptian number system was composed of 7 symbols - a
single stroke, a heel bone (upsidedown smile), a coil of rope, a lotus plant,
a finger, a frog, and a kneeling god.
With these 7 different symbols, the clever Egyptians could add, subtract,
multiple, and divide and count into the many millions! They even created
a system of algebra, which helped them build the pyramids.
Take a look! Click on the links before to try your hand at math the ancient
Egyptian way.
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Slavery in Ancient Egypt
A lot of people in Egypt were slaves. Some of them came originally
from Egypt - often children sold into slavery by poor families. Others
were sold from other countries into slavery in Egypt. A lot of people
from Meroe and Kush, south of Egypt, were slaves in Egypt, and a lot of
people from Libya.
The most famous story about
Egyptian slaves is the one in the
Bible about how the Jews were
slaves in Egypt, about 1400-1200
BC. Because the Egyptians had
just conquered Israel at this time,
probably many Jews were
enslaved about this time. Then
when the Egyptian New Kingdom
collapsed, they stopped being able
to enslave the Jews.
Most slaves in Egypt probably worked as house servants, or as
skilled dancers, musicians, accountants, scribes, or that sort of thing, as
Joseph did in the Bible.
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Pyramids
The Ancient Egyptian pyramids are some of the most impressive structures built
by humans in ancient times. Many of the pyramids still survive today for us to see
and explore.
Why did they build the pyramids?
The pyramids were built as burial
places and monuments to the
Pharaohs. As part of their religion, the
Egyptians believed that the Pharaoh
needed certain things to succeed in
the afterlife. Deep inside the pyramid
the Pharaoh would be buried with all
sorts of items and treasure that he
may need to survive in the afterlife.
How big were the pyramids?
There are around 138 Egyptian
pyramids. Some of them are huge.
The largest is the Pyramid of Khufu,
also called the Great Pyramid of
Giza. It is over 480 feet tall and over
3800 years old! It is one of the
Seven Wonders of the World. It's
estimated that this pyramid was
made from 2.3 million blocks of rock
weighing 5.9 million tons.
What's inside the pyramids?
The walls were often covered with carvings and paintings. Near the Pharaoh's
chamber would be other rooms where family members and servants were buried.
There were often small rooms that acted as temples and larger rooms for
storage. Narrow passageways led to outside.
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Egyptian Calendar
The ancient Egyptians were very clever people. They invented many
things to make their life more comfortable.
CALENDAR: The ancient Egyptians created a calendar based on the
farming season. There were 3 seasons - the flooding season, the
planting season, and the harvest season. Each season was 3 months
long. That added up to 360 days. The ancient Egyptians noticed they
needed a few more days to fit the seasons. So they added 5 days, holy
days, to thank the gods. So thousands of years ago, the ancient
Egyptians invented a calendar with 365 days!
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