The File of the Nile
The Nile river was a gift to ancient Egyptian daily life
How geography influenced Egyptian daily life
The geography of ancient Egypt influenced the daily lives of the people that lived there by having a close source of water, predictable floods, lots of ores and stone. The Egyptians only have to defend one end of the Nile because Egypt is surrounded by uncrossable desert. First, Egypt surrounds the Nile river, so they have a source of fertile land, an easy way to transport goods, and a way to irrigate crops. This is very important in Egyptian life. So important, in fact, that the Nile was called the heart of Egypt. The next point is about location. The location of the Egyptian civilization, helped to develop paper, mummies and other things like that. Egyptians made a profit off of papyrus, that is used to make paper, because it only grew in the Egyptian lands. And mummies were developed when people discovered bodies in the sand and they realized that they were preserved from being dried out. So the Egyptians mummified the bodies of the dead people by drying them out in natron salt. The last point is resources. Mostly including stone and metals. The Egyptians were rich in gold, tin, and copper. Copper and tin mixed together makes bronze, which was used for weapons, tools and decoration. And gold was used by rich people and Pharaohs. What this proves is that geography affected people by giving them lots of natural resources.