The Nile Valley and the state of Egypt
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write 4–5 sentences on how the nature of the Nile Valley influenced Egyptian life.
The flood gave fertile land; farming, crafts and the state developed on this basis; the deserts helped protect against outside enemies.
2
Write the periods of Egyptian history in order.
Early, Old, Middle, New, Late Kingdom.
3
Tell the story of an Egyptian farmer’s year (sowing, irrigation, harvest).
During the flood he rests and prepares seed; when the water recedes he sows; irrigates by canals; reaps with a copper sickle, threshes with animals and stores grain in jars.
4
Find four neighbours of Egypt on a map and write their names.
Nubia, Libya, Palestine, Syria (also the Sinai Peninsula).