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LOCATION:
Absolute & Relative
PLACE:
Physical & Human
Characteristics –
What is it like?
HumanEnvironmental
Interaction:
How humans have
used and changed it
Movement:
The way people,
goods and ideas
travel from place to
place.
Region:
Common
characteristics like
physical or human
features.
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Egypt: Gift of the Nile
Reviewing the 5 Themes of Geography
LOCATION: Where is the Nile River?
Where is the continent of Africa?
LOCATION: Where is the modern
day country of Egypt?
LOCATION: Where is the Nile River?
Can you name the geographical features nearby?
LOCATION: Where is the Nile River?
LOCATION: Where is the Nile River?
PLACE: What is it like in Egypt and Nile?
PLACE: What is it like in Egypt and Nile?
PLACE: What is it like in Egypt and Nile?
PLACE: What is it like in Egypt and Nile?
PLACE: What is it like in Egypt and Nile?
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION:
How have people changed & used the Nile River?
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION:
How have people changed & used the Nile River?
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT
INTERACTION:
How have people changed
& used the Nile River?
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION:
How have people changed & used the Nile River?
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION:
How have people changed & used the Nile River?
The Black Land and the Red Land
The domains of Lower and Upper Egypt consisted of two parts, the Black Land and the Red Land.
The area next to the River Nile was called the Black Land, further away from the river was the Red Land.
The 'Black Lands' were the farming areas on the banks of the Nile. The 'Red Lands' were the desert areas.
Both were extremely important to the economy and civilization of ancient Egypt.
The Black Land: Where nearly all ancient Egyptians lived.
This was the only land in ancient Egypt that could be farmed because of the layer of rich,
black silt and alluvial soil that was deposited every year following the annual inundation (flooding)
of the Nile. The ancient Egyptians called the Nile river 'Ar or Aur' meaning “Black,”
in allusion to the color of the deposits carried by the river when it was in flood.
The Black Lands produced crops such as cereals, wheat and barley (for beer).
Other vital plants included: Flax which was used to make linen and rope and
Papyrus used to make paper, boats and maps. The Nile was also the source of a major
supply of food – fish.
The Red Land: Were virtually uninhabited. The red land protected Egypt on two sides
and separated ancient Egypt from neighboring countries and invading armies.
The Red Lands were rich in raw materials such as stone and precious metals such
as gold, silver and copper and semi-precious stones.
HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION:
How have people changed & used the Nile River?
MOVEMENT: How do goods & people move along the
Nile River?
REGIONS: What human or physical features does
the Nile have in common with surrounding areas?
REGIONS: What human or physical features does
the Nile have in common with surrounding areas?
(Kush)
REGIONS: What human or physical features does
the Nile have in common with surrounding areas?
Black Lands
& Red Lands
REGIONS: What human or physical features does
the Nile have in common with surrounding areas?
The Lower and Upper Egypt
kingdoms/regions were united by the
pharaoh Menes. “The hedjet or White
Crown for Upper Egypt and the
deshret or Red Crown for Lower
Egypt. Thus, the pharaohs were
known as the rulers of the Two Lands,
and wore the pschent, a double
crown, each half representing
sovereignty of one of the kingdoms”
(Wikipedia, “Upper and Lower Egypt”)
Pschent in
hieroglyphics
Crown of
Lower Egypt
(North)
Crown of
Upper Egypt
(South)
Crown of
United
Egypt
Egypt: Gift of the Nile
Do you see examples of the 5 Themes of Geography
in this photo?
Egypt & 5 Themes of Geography
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