1. Gift of the Nile
Geography of Ancient Egypt

2. Nile River

3. Nile River
Longest River (begins near the
equator, and flows to the
Mediterranean Sea)

4. Nile River
Longest River (begins near the
equator, and flows to the
Mediterranean Sea)
Southern part of the Nile has cataracts
(or waterfalls)

5. Nile Delta

6. Nile Delta
The Nile flows North

7. Nile Delta
The Nile flows North
Upper and Lower Nile

8. Nile Delta
The Nile flows North
Upper and Lower Nile
Delta is the fertile land at the river’s
mouth where the Nile dumps into the
sea.

9. Nile Delta
The Nile flows North
Upper and Lower Nile
Delta is the fertile land at the river’s
mouth where the Nile dumps into the
sea.
Floods every summer left silt.

10. Red Land,
Black Land

11. Red Land,
Black Land
Black land refers to the
fertile soil near the Nile.

12. Red Land,
Black Land
Black land refers to the
fertile soil near the Nile.

13. Red Land,
Black Land
Black land refers to the
fertile soil near the Nile.
Red land is the desert away
from the Nile’s floodplain

14. Can you find the difference in my picture
between the fertile land and the desert
surrounding it?

15. Agricultural Techniques

16. Agricultural Techniques
Regular flooding (look for the ibises)

17. Agricultural Techniques
Regular flooding (look for the ibises)
Farming Technology

18. Agricultural Techniques
Regular flooding (look for the ibises)
Farming Technology
dug irrigation canals

19. Agricultural Techniques
Regular flooding (look for the ibises)
Farming Technology
dug irrigation canals
Shaduf spread the water over the
field

21. Egyptian Crops: first to ground wheat into
flour and make bread

22. Egyptian Crops: first to ground wheat into
flour and make bread
Wove flax to make linen

23. Egyptian Crops: first to ground wheat into
flour and make bread
Wove flax to make linen
Houses of mud and straw...difference
between rich and poor. Poor people hung
out on the roof; they even slept outside.

24. Egyptian Crops: first to ground wheat into
flour and make bread
Wove flax to make linen
Houses of mud and straw...difference
between rich and poor. Poor people hung
out on the roof; they even slept outside.
Climate: 8 mo. sunny/hot, 4 mo. sunny/cooler

26. Mining

27. Mining
Copper was used for tools (6000 BC), later
needed to use iron for stronger weapons

28. Mining
Copper was used for tools (6000 BC), later
needed to use iron for stronger weapons
gold mined (in Nubia) and minerals (in Sinai)

29. Mining
Copper was used for tools (6000 BC), later
needed to use iron for stronger weapons
gold mined (in Nubia) and minerals (in Sinai)
Mined precious stones

30. Mining
Copper was used for tools (6000 BC), later
needed to use iron for stronger weapons
gold mined (in Nubia) and minerals (in Sinai)
Mined precious stones
turquoise

31. Mining
Copper was used for tools (6000 BC), later
needed to use iron for stronger weapons
gold mined (in Nubia) and minerals (in Sinai)
Mined precious stones
turquoise
lapis lazuli

32. Use of the Nile

33. Use of the Nile
Water

34. Use of the Nile
Water
Food

35. Use of the Nile
Water
Food
Silt (deposited after the floods)

36. Use of the Nile
Water
Food
Silt (deposited after the floods)
Travel for bartering

37. Use of the Nile
Water
Food
Silt (deposited after the floods)
Travel for bartering
Travel north by the current

38. Use of the Nile
Water
Food
Silt (deposited after the floods)
Travel for bartering
Travel north by the current
Travel south by the wind