ARKY 325 Lecture 3: ARKY 325 Week 3
11 Feb 2017
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Ancient egyptian civilization came just after the sumerians and there was some degree of influence from mesopotamia. The development of ancient egyptian culture was largely indigenous. The egyptian civilization was centered on the nile river: nile is the longest river in the world, the nile river valley is made rich by the alluvium deposited by the annual floods of the nile. Neolithic revolution in egypt: neolithic farming villages emerged in the valley - 5000 bc, cultivated: Pigs: most of the agricultural package appears to be southwest asian (mesopotamian) in origin. The kemet and deshret lands: kemet: ancient egyptians originally called their land kemet (means black) Refers to the black soils along the nile. Refers to the red coloured sands of the deserts that surrounded the nile. First state of its size in history! Divided into: pre-dynastic egypt (5000-3000 bc, dynastic egypt (3000-332 bc) The lower and upper egypt: two geopolities. (1) lower egypt (delta of the nile)
