CLAS 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Badari Culture, Chalcolithic, Main Source
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Similar to mesopotamia, a bronze age civilization arose in the nile river valley. Like in mesopotamia, the nile was heavily influenced by geography. However, egypt"s isolation created political unity, while mesopotamia was characterized by disunity. Egypt was mostly unaffected by disruption/invasion during the old, middle, and new. Egyptian civilization was the result of evolution from the neolithic, and chalcolithic cultures. Civilization formed faster in egypt than in mesopotamia. As regional rulers gained greater authority, egypt became increasingly politically unified. By 3000 bce, egypt was unified under a single all-powerful ruler. And, the floods left behind fertile soil making egypt a riche agricultural land. Lower egypt - consisted of the nile delta. Upper egypt - extended to kush (region south of egypt) Later egypt was further divided into 42 smaller nomes. Ancient egypt was basically a strip of agricultural territory where people were never far from the river aka the main source of transportation.
