Humanities

• The Nile made Egypt possible.

• Egyptian civilization developed along the last 750 miles of the river’s banks extending from the granite cliffs at Aswan, north to the Mediterranean Sea.

• The Egyptians knew how to finesse the Nile and its capabilities to turn what appeared to be a wasteland into an empire. Fields would be tilled, and crops would be planted and tended.

• The cycle of flood and sun made Egypt one of the most productive cultures in the ancient world and one of the most stable.

• While majority of Egypt was covered with sand, the river basin next to the Nile boasts wildlife and fertile soils.

• Scholars divide Egyptian history into three main periods of achievement. The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom and The New Kingdom.

• The Old Kingdom established conventions of the Egyptian art. The Middle Kingdom gave rise to ‘classic literary language’ that survived through the remainder of Egyptian history. The New Kingdom gave rise to prosperity that saw a renewed interest in art and architecture.

• Egypt’s continuous cultural tradition lasting over 3,000 years was history’s clearest example of how peace and prosperity go hand in hand with cultural stability.

• How did the ancient Egyptians use the Nile River? - The Nile River has played an extremely important role in the civilization, life and history of the Egyptian nation. One of the most well known river Nile facts is the river's ability to produce extremely fertile soil, which made it easy for cities and civilizations to spring up alongside the banks of the Nile. The fertile soil is contributed by the annual spring floods, when the Nile River overflows onto the banks. Much of the Egyptian nation consists of dry desert land. Throughout most of the year, very little rain falls on Egyptian