Nile River Valley Civillization

The Nile has its advantages and privileges than other rivers in the world. In addition to the length reaches 6670 km that stretches from south to north, the Nile is also stretched in a line 3.30 degrees south latitude to 31 degrees North latitude. In other words, the river is cutting more than 34.5 degrees latitude line. This is what distinguishes the Nile with other rivers in the world, as most rivers in the world flows to the east or west. In contrast, the Nile is a river that flows through areas with diverse and varied climate also

In the upstream region, the Nile and flows sourced from tropical and temperate regions of high berdataran. Then, through some other source in semitropical regions. Then, through the subtropical mountain valley. From the direction Ethiopia is sub-seasonal climates, one source is flowing into this country. Nile region of Sudan which also pass through an area filled with rain in the summer and winter drought. After that, he broke through splitting a fierce desert area and empties into the regions of Egypt, the Mediterranean climate.

Thus, the Nile flows from the green area located at the equator to the area is barren desert in the northern part of the African continent. That way, every Nile flows in one step, he will lose some of its water.”Thus, further downstream, the water decreases. This is different from other rivers in the world, in which more and more and more cargo to downstream waters,”

Egypt was one of the nine countries through which the river Nile. Eight other countries who became the country Basin (valley) is the Nile, Tanzania, Kenya, Zaire, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, Rwanda and Burundi. The meaning of the basin (valley) of the Nile is the entire land through which this river, or through which the rivers that empty into the river, as well as branches that gets water from the river Nile. Thus the valley of the Nile is very vast, so as to achieve 2.9 million square meters or about 1 / 10 wide African continent. Among the nine countries of the valley is divided into two groups. First, the state source of the river (upstream) the Nile, and second, the state discharge (downstream) river. In this regard, Egypt and Sudan are the two downstream countries of the Nile, while the rest is state the source (upstream) river.

The fertile Nile Valley to encourage people to farm. The water of the Nile
used for irrigation by building aqueducts, canals and reservoirs. The river flowed into the fields belonging to the people with the distribution merata.Untuk irrigation irrigation purposes was made organization which is usually chaired by the landlords or feudal class. Egyptian agricultural products are wheat, sekoi or jamawut and jam the grain seeds or hard fruits such as corn. To meet the needs of goods and to sell the products of the Egyptian people, then dijalinlah trade relations with the Phoenicians, Mesopotamia and Greece in the Mediterranean region. The role of the Nile is trading as a means of transportation. Many commercial boats that cross the river Nile.

In prehistoric times, along the Nile valley has been silent population groups in a simple farming. Nile is usually divided into two parts, namely the Nile upstream in the countryside and the river Nile downstream closer to the sea. And when the floods came, people had to get away from the Nile valley. They’d be able to grow crops again after the water receded. As the population more and more ways of living like this does not fit anymore. They should be settled and farmed more intensively. That’s why they created the technology of irrigation or irrigation in order to better cope with floods and droughts. Good irrigation requires good cooperation between groups, so there needs to be more regular social organization. Irrigation organization that started the emergence of Egyptian civilization. A leader named Menes the Egyptians who can unite areas of the Nile valley. He formed a great empire with an orderly social organization and advanced irrigation technologies.