Ancient Egypt

• Water for drinking, for irrigating, for bathing, for transportation

• Every July it floods

• Every October it leaves behind rich soil
• First people to figure out:

• Solar base day
• A lunar base month
• A solar base year

• The delta is broad, marshy triangular area of fertile silt
• The Nile, It flows from South to North
• Pyramids
•  The Great Sphinx of Giza

At the bottom of the pyramid the greatest amount of people were slaves and servants

Than farmers - raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benefitted from irrigation of the Nile

Artisans

Merchants

Scribes

Soldiers

Government Officials - Nobles, Priests