- Egyptian life is centered around the nile river.
- Delta- triangular area of great soil
- water for drinking, for irrigating, for bathing, for traveling
- every July it floods
- every October it leaves behind rich soil.
- figured out a solar based day
- lunar based month
- solar based year
- flows from south to north
- managing the river required technological breakthroughs in irrigation
- Pharoah
- government officials
- soldiers
- scribes
- merchants
- artisans
- farmers
- slaves and servants
- slaves/servants helped the wealthy with the household and childraising duties
- farmers raised wheat, barley, lentils, onions - benefitted from irigation of the Nile
- guys would wear eye makeup if they could afford it to protect their eyes from the sun. like football players. reduces glare
- artisans would carve statues and reliefs showing military battles and scenes in the after life
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