River Nile

River Nile

The development of the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Harappan civilizations was sustained by the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers, the Nile River, and the Indus River, respectively. The rivers helped agriculture develop, enabled trading, and preserved history. But the most important development that was undoubtedly due to the Nile River. The Nile River not only led to a number of progressions but also contributed to the economic development.

Without the Nile River and the surrounding valley, Ancient Egyptian civilization would not have existed. The Nile served as the Egyptians' only source of water and food, an important method of transportation, and an impetus for the development of trade, the disciplines of mathematics and engineering, and the creation of a tax system. The river enabled Ancient Egypt to grow into one of the most ingenious and gifted civilizations of that era.

Introduction

Since the dawn of history adopted the civilizations that built on the banks of the Nile on agriculture, major activity distinctive to them, especially in Sudan and Egypt due to being one of the first countries that developed on the land of civilizations, this has the form of the Nile flood of great importance in life of ancient Egyptian and Nubian as well. There were flood occurred periodically in the summer, and enrich the ground water for the peasants began growing throughout the year waiting for this water. (Erlich, 2002)

In Pharaonic Egypt, associated with this quasi-sacred ritual of the flood, where they lived celebrations and gaiety to meet the Nile flood. They also record these events in the form of carving on the walls of their temples and tombs and pyramids to demonstrate the extent to sanctify the flood.

Reported the heavenly holy books (Bible and the Quran) the story of Prophet Yusuf with a Pharaohs of Egypt when the interpretation of his dream about the ...