2/7/2014

Today in Western Civilization we finished learning a bunch of information on Egypt. I learned that the Nile river flows from South to North and that 95 percent of people live within a few miles from the river because the land a little bit farther away is to arid to grow anything and live in that area. The Nile was huge provider to the people's lives and the people in Egypt learned to irrigate crops. The leader of Egypt was a pharaoh which is someone who is worshiped as a god and can supposedly speak to the gods. He is also supposed to keep them happy if there is ever a drought or a plague the pharaoh can be over thrown because the people believe that he has angered the gods or the pharaoh will pass down his power to his son. There were not many women who were ever put in charge. When everything was going right and the people had enough food and believed the gods were happy they called it "maat." The people viewed the gods as a combination of strong animals and humans.