CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 THE WORLD OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS 10 CHAPTER 2 THE DYNASTIES OF EGYPT 28 CHAPTER 3 EVERY DAY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT 46 CHAPTER 4 RELIGION AND CULTURE 58 75 77 CONCLUSION GoSSARY For MORE INFORMATION BIBLIOGRAPHY 79 82 83 INDEX
Nhe sands of the Sahara Desert might not seem a likely home for one of the world's greatest empires But the Nile River made the Egyptian empire pos sible The Nile is a lifeline winding north from Ethiopia's highland through Egypt to drain into the Mediterranean Sea The Egyptians could grow plentiful crops because each year the river flooded bringing dark silty soil Learning how to manage the flooding and then to reclaim and irrigate the land helped the Egyptians develop into a coherent society As the ancient Greek historian Herodotus said Egypt is the gift of the Nile The Nile and its location helped Egyptian civilization to last in a relatively unchanged form for more than 3 000 years During that same time mighty empires had risen and fallen in Mesopotamia and other A ess protected places But hemmed in by the forbidding desert Egypt was aside from the trade it carried on mostly a world apart In this volume you will learn how in pre historic times the Egyptians changed from being hunters and gatherers to farmers and craftsmen As the climate gradually became drier cooperation helped the early Egyptians to form villages then cities In approximately 21E
INTRODUCTION nila FED This massive statue shows Ramses II one of Egypt s most famous pharaohs Shutterstock com
