The Nile river was probably one of the most important things for ancient egyptians. It gave them necessities, and without the river, they would have never existed. The Nile river was ran from lower egypt all the way to upper egypt. Like the famous Greek historian, Herodotus, said, “Egypt... is, so to speak, the gift of the Nile.” The egyptians were very thankful to the Nile river. They worshipped the river and used the river’s water to farm.
First off, the Nile river was part of the egyptians religion. In document E, the song, Hymn of the Nile, it states, “Hail to you, oh Nile, spring from the ground, come to keep the land alive.” This shows how important the ancient egyptians though the Niled was. The song continues and states, “If he is sluggish, noses suffocate, everyone is impoverished.” This shows that if the Nile did not flood or did moved slowly, the egyptians would suffer and soon die. Also, in document D, the picture shows how important the Nile was in life and in afterlife. If the Nile was taken out the picture, the harvesting wheat and papyrus would …show more content…
The Nile river helped the ancient egyptians produce food, by giving them water to farm. In document B, it shows us when the nile river flooded. The first season was the flood season, Akhet (which was from mid-June to mid-October). The fields in the Nile floodplain were covered in water and fertilized by a new batch of silt. This was the time when many farmers worked off their public-labor tax, doing things like canal repair or quarrying. The second season was the planting and growing season, Peret (which was from Mid-October to mid February). The water in the fields receded, but the Nile was still high enough to fill irrigation canals. Lastly, the last season was the harvest season, Shemu (which was from mid-February to mid-June). This was when crops in the Lower Nile were harvested and sent to the market. In the end, the Nile was extremely helpful to the egyptians in agricultural ways