Essay On Ancient Egypt

Egypt is separated into four parts, the first set were the Black land and the Red land. The black land was fertile. Farmers used it for most of their farming. Without the black land people wouldn’t survive or they would die of scarce. There wouldn’t be food, no crops no nothing. People lived along the Nile river for better soil and for better crops to make better food. The red land was the land that protected Egypt from attackers and invaders. The red land was the protector of Egypt. Upper and Lower Egypt are the other two divisions. Upper and Lower Egypt were important to the acient Egyptians too, The pharaoh owned upper and lower Egypt.The pharaoh was called “ King of the two lands”. A pharaoh is powerful, strong, and had to be responsible. One of the pharaohs

The Nile river was the source of everyday life of Egypt. The Egyptians needed the Nile. For their food, water and crops.

They believed if you buried their belongings with the preserved body it will travel with the person to the afterlife. Some Egyptians were not buried because there were not wealthy or fit to be mummified. Mummification was also done in Egypt. Some Egyptians preserved their bodies for the afterlife. The Egyptians would put valuables with the the preserved body. The Egyptians wrapped the body with linen. Egypt used a special type of cloth to wrap the preserved body. They also layed spices on the preserved body for the body’s odoring smell. Egypt had lots slaves which were called peasants. A peasant worked in the crops. They worked in the fields all day. They also had servants serving in wealthy homes. Some slaves were treated with loyalty and some treated poorly.“ Egypt was influenced by Greek and Roman religion”. They were influenced by a lot of things. A peasant also was poor and didn’t live in a well built home, the houses were made of mud, bricks and some were built