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i need help cause i'm taking my mid term and it's hard

2007-11-03 03:37:19 · 7 answers · asked by jamirah h 1 in Travel Africa & Middle East Egypt

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Jamirah,
I think your question is "Which among the earliest civilizations in the World was built along the Nile River?"
IF, this is your question, the simplest answer would be, "The Egyptian civilization"

After about 4000 BC, several cultures existed along the long, narrow, fertile valley of the Nile river, in what we now call Egypt in the North East corner of Africa.
They unified into a single state around 3200BC and were ruled by a monarch we call "a pharaoh". So it is sometimes called "Pharaonic Civilization" or "Pharaonic state".
It was characterized by religious conservatism, extensive preparation for life after death (such as the pyramids or the tomb of Tutankhamun), and after 1500 BC, conquest of the Near East.

Good luck on your test!!!

2007-11-03 12:15:23 · answer #1 · answered by fr.peter 4 · 0 0

It is actually debated whether the earliest civilisation began in Mesopotamia or in the Delta region of Egypt.
We do know that both civilisations developed concurrently.
Civilisation began in Egypt around 7.000BCE and evidence from archaeological sites has shown that the Badarian culture was predominately agrarian.
They cultivated land and grew crops as well as keeping domestic animals. Although they had forgone their nomadic existence they still supplemented their diets by hunting wild animals and fishing.
There is evidence that they had developed a fairly sophisticated society that had defined funerary rituals. Their graves were round and pit like and the deceased person was put into the grave in a foetal position with the hands near to the face. The graves also contained funerary goods such as personal items and food. So it can be assumed that they had a defined theory regarding the afterlife and the realm of the gods and goddesses.
The main sites of the Bararian culture have been located on the high plateau areas near the Nile river at modern day Merimda Ben Salaama ans Kom Adu-Billo.
These are located a few kilometres north of were the Nile begins to branch into tributaries in the Delta region.

2007-11-03 12:21:28 · answer #2 · answered by sistablu...Maat 7 · 0 0

HISTORY

6 million BCE: The earliest we know of a river through Egypt; scientists name it Eonile. This river ran through a canyon with walls that could be up to 3,000 metres high. There are indications that the Mediterranean Sea did not exist in this period. The source of Eonile is not known.
5 million: The waters of the Mediterranean Sea rises, filling up a basin reaching as far as modern Aswan. This brings an end to Eonile.
4 million: A second river starts flowing through Egypt, by modern scholars referred to as Paleonile. Its sources are believed to have been in equatorial Africa.
1.8 million: Dramatic climatic changes, causing the end of a water stream flowing north. Desertification in North Africa casues the emoty river canal to be filled with sand.
1.5 million: The third river, the Protonile, starts flowing through Egypt, creating many interwoven channels. The Protonile ran to the west of the modern Nile, through the region known today as Western Desert.
500,000: The Prenile replaces the Protonile, running further to the east, and starts carving out the river valley existing today. Its discharge was the largest ever for any of the Niles, before and since.
150,000 The Prenile starts to dry out.
30,000: The Neonile starts flowing through Egypt, basically following the same course as the modern Nile, but with a higher elevation.
8,000: The Neonile has carved itself down to the present elevation, and we can start talking about the Nile as we know it today.
1902: The Aswan Dam opens, allowing better control with the flow and flooding of the Nile through Egypt.
1960: The Aswan High Dam opens, allowing Egypt even better control with the flow all through the year, but removing the valuable silt which normally enriched the soil. A very important hydroelectric power plant is constructed here.

2007-11-07 01:52:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The earliest civilizations weren't built along the Nile. But then again, I don't understand your question.

2007-11-03 03:45:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I can see why it's hard because you OBVIOUSLY don't know how to do basic research to look things up... the earliest civilizations in the world were built along the Euphrates River... not the nile.

I hope your mid-term is not in English because all is already lost if your question is any indication of your ability to write English.

2007-11-03 03:40:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

It was called Mesopotamia

2007-11-03 03:49:57 · answer #6 · answered by matt_levicki 2 · 0 0

I hope you like failing tests.

2007-11-03 03:54:40 · answer #7 · answered by busterwasmycat 7 · 1 2

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