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ELA 6: Journey to Egypt 386 Views
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Ancient Egypt wasn't all mummies and pyramids. They had farming, and cats, and pharaohs, and cats, and also cats.
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No when you think of ancient egypt you might find
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yourself picturing the pyramids No those triangular tombs that make
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more traditional graves look like well they aren't even trying
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a slab on iraq with a bunch of words Well
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someone better have a kit kat handy because you've got
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to give us a break but there's a lot more
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to ancient egyptian history than just those pointy pyramids which
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was definitely a good thing for ancient egyptians because a
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society that only builds pyramids isn't gonna be the best
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place to live And we don't know if you've ever
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tried it But a diet of rocks and construction materials
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isn't exactly the most appetising thing in the world Although
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it's usually very high fiber ancient egyptian life wasn't so
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much centered on pyramids as it was centered on agriculture
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Most people were involved in farming producing mainly wheat fruits
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and vegetables With some people farming cattle She been goats
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and hopefully they kept those animals far from the crops
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All that we can be very tempting All this farming
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depended strongly on the nile a very long river in
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north eastern africa Well obviously that's Why egypt was built
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Around it right Well at that time the country of
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egypt was made up of the two narrow strips of
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arable or farmable land that was on the banks of
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the nile from the uh swan all the way to
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the northern delta Every year the nile would flood from
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july to november which made farming impossible But on the
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bright side made river rafting breeze Even better was what
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came after the flooding As the waters receded they left
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a thick layer of fertile silt all over the farm
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lands which meant rich soil crops and thick grass is
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for grazing animals It's nice when natural disasters come with
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so many fringe benefits you know like a tornado that
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throws new cars everywhere doesn't destroy them Actually no that's
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terrifying nevermind Well like most places ancient egypt had rulers
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And by thirty one hundred bc they were the pharaohs
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Thes hereditary rulers control not only the country's centralized government
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but also commanded the egyptian army You'd think that given
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the importance of farming in ancient egyptian society they might
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let the best farmer rule for a while But somehow
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that kind of thing rarely happens Well maybe they just 00:02:15.213 --> [endTime] need better campaign slogans What do you think
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