Hart, George
Ancient Egypt
Copyright 2004, Dorling Kindersley Limited
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In the book Ancient Egypt mentioned about the pharaohs that Egypt was ruled by the pharaohs in the 3100 B.C. People in Egypt lived high up the land above the Nile from the Delta to Aswan. In agriculture Egyptians became farmers and began growing wheat and barely and also raise domesticate cattle. Also Egyptians built villages of mud huts in parts of the flood plain from the Nile flood. Farmers prospered and formed kingdoms, recent excavation in 3,500 B.C were already cities and had taken the first steps in inventing writing.

In Egypt the desert was called the Red Land it covers about 90% of the people of Egyptian. The Red Land or desert supported settlements in river valleys and oases. The Egyptians lived on the banks of the Nile River or besides canals. Near the area of the Nile River was Kemet or known as the Black Land it’s named after the rich dark silt on which the farmers grew their crops. Without fertile
In Egypt there wouldn’t be any civilization, in the ancient times in and now the pattern of life in Egypt for the majority of the population has depended on the exploitation of its fertile agriculture property. When the Nile waters subsided, the farmers went to work sowing barley and emmer wheat.

The interesting part of Ancient Egypt that like was about the food and drinks they had. The fertile mud deposited by the annual Nile flood allowed farmers to grow barely and emmer wheat, the mainstay of the Egyptian diet. The crops that the Egyptians plant were eventually turned into bread or beer. Egyptian farmers grew vegetable such as onions, garlic, leeks, beans, lentils, and lettuce. Egyptian bakers made cakes of any shapes and sizes also sweetened by dates, or honey gathered from conical pottery beehives. Grapes grown in the Nile delta or oases of the western desert were plucked for winemaking.

Also the other interesting part of Ancient Egypt is the songs and dances Egypt do. The Egyptian enjoyed life to its fullest, party scenes on tomb walls , songs on papyri, and musical instruments shows us how much music and revelry meant to them. They had great public festivals, at which much wine was drunk and thousands of people were entertained with singing and music from flutes, harps, and castanets. Vintners pressed grapes for wine while men clapped rhythm sticks together, farm workers sang to their hooves. People don’t know how Egyptian music sounds like but an a small orchestra at a banquet could have string, wind, and percussion sections.

I would like you to read this book Ancient Egypt because it has interesting things about Egyptian cultures. This book talks about different things Egyptian people do what they did for agriculture what they’d needed and etc. I hope you read this book and enjoy it.