HIST 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Narmer, Senusret Iii, Narmer Palette
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Climate change and migration: from the desert to the river. Dif cult for ancient armies to cross deserts. Couldn"t sail eets of ship down the nile river-served as defensive measures against enemies: nile flood. Agricultural potential in comparison with mesopotamia: dont have bad agri crisis as mess, dont see a failure of the oods to arrive like mesopotamia. Transportation: nile well suited for transportation, current slow, if you wanna go up river, you have winds that aid going up river, kings able to control a big region because of the usage of the nile. Monday, october 3, 2016: the gift of the nile. Positive depiction of life-both current and after. Egyptians more isolationist minded since the nile gave them a bountiful life. Early dynastic period: increasingly complex chiefdoms, agricultural villages and trading centers. Every couple of miles you see trading centers: outside trade.
