Nile River

Ancient Nile River Valley Civilization

Introduction

There are two ancient Nile river valley civilizations, one of them was Egypt and the other was called the Nubia; although, there's not much information on the Nubian civilization. Around 3000 B.C. people began creating communities centered around the Nile river. The Nile river provided resources for all aspects of a person's life. Like many other civilizations of its time, like the Indus river civilization, life was mainly dependent on the river and the life it brought with it. In this civilization many new technologies were created and a step was taken towards modern society.

Ancient Egyptian Technologies The Ancient Egyptians have created many things within their lifetimes in order to make life more sufficient. The most popular figure of Ancient Egypt's technologies would be their architectual design of the Pyramid. The pyramids were built to house the pharohs. they were built with perfectly carved blocks. Some of them are five tons. Experts still do not know how laborers moved those blocks to the work site but they do have some Ideas. Like using sleds to drag the block accross the sand. To see a video of the mysteries which still need to be uncovered about the pyramids, (note that this video is over 20 minutes long). Another technology that the Ancient Egyptians are famous for would be the creation of dyes and inks. They used a variety of different things to create the dyes. they used fish, plants, soot gum and water to create many different kinds. The Ancient Egyptians also had a great time system. They invented two clocks. One is called the sundial, and the other is called a water clock. the benefit of the sundial is that you didn't need to refill the clock with water every now and then, unlike the water clock. However, the benefit of the water clock is that you could use it at night unlike the sundial.

Literacy of the Ancient Egyptians The literacy of the ancient Egyptians is thought to be developed with...