Sedentary,+Urban+Living-Nile+River+Civilization

Sedentary/Urban Living - Nile River

Between 5000-4000 B.C.E. the first civilized settlements were created along the Nile. The first permanent settlements were created so that agriculture could be used as a method to provide food instead of hunting and gathering. Every year the Nile floods over and creates a deposit of silt along its banks. This enriched soil allows for successful harvests in the desert. The Egyptians took this knowledge and created small kingdoms within each city/town and many, if not all, of the people believed that their rulers were part divine, just like the Sudan people. From these cities large kingdoms were created. Various Pharaohs from these kingdoms made a permanent resting place, or pyramid for themselves. These tombs were created on a very large scale and took many years to build.

Even though Egypt was unified under one ruler, not many cities existed in the kingdom. Most Egyptians settled in agricultural villages, and traded their crops and livestock with neighboring villages up and down the Nile. This mural shows how the livestock played important roles in helping the people in ancient Egypt. For example they helped plow the fields, and carry the seed to plant.

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