Nile River and Egyptian Civilization

 Nile River and Egyptian Civilization

 All the civilizations that have grown up in ancient times have one thing in common that they used to be by the river.

 One of these civilizations was the Egyptian civilization called the Nile Civilization.  This civilization was at its peak about four and a half thousand years ago today. Only twelve kilometers away from the Egyptian capital Cairo are the famous pharaonic tombs called pyramids, which still reflect the greatness of the Egyptian pharaohs.  There are several pyramids in Egypt, but the most famous of these are the three great tombs.  Built about 2900 BC (2900 BC), its tomb has been the world's largest handmade building for 4300 years. The pyramid covers an area of ​​about five and a half hectares each.  The wall is 230 meters long, some stones weigh fifteen tons and are connected in such a way that there is not even an inch difference.

 The Nile Valley is about a thousand kilometers long. In some places it is only a few kilometers wide. More than any other civilization, there are abundant and safe archeological information about the Nile civilization.  There was only a road from the north, on one side there was a desert, a river and a difficult mountain range at the end of the river, due to which there was no external traffic in the Nile valley and there were no external attacks on the people.  The Nile's heritage has survived thousands of years of destruction by human hands. In addition, Egypt's climate was hot and humid and is ideal for archeology, so most of the historical heritage has survived.

Nile River and Egyptian Civilization

 The Nile Valley was closed on three sides, they had no contact with the outside world so these people were completely traditional. Modern ideas could not be born here so it is said that Chinese civilization and others were more developed than Nile at that time.  ,

 The Nile civilization is the only one about which most material is available in written form.  He was fond of painting, there are numerous drawings on the walls, in tombs, palaces etc. which give a lot of information about his normal life at that time.  Due to the dry climate, most of the pictures are still in their original form.

Pharaohs used to be their real rulers. Only one Pharaoh was the ruler of the state and basically these rulers were convinced of unreasonable harshness.  Among the elders and advisers of the Pharaohs, the priests had a special status who helped them, gave them advice,

 In the same way, soldiers forced people to follow the law, which is why there were very few rebellions in the Nile civilization.

 In the Nile civilization, the pharaohs of Egypt, after building the most modern buildings (pyramids), focused on writing. They sent messages, tax orders were in writing, their writing script was called Hieroglyph which is short  It used to consist of small pictorial forms, later it was transformed into words, after which writing has been done on stones, wood and pillars etc.

Nile River and Egyptian Civilization

 The Egyptians then invented the simpler invention of writing, the paper, which was made from a special type of grass or reed (Papyrus reed) that grew on the Nile River, and to this day exquisite and modern paper is made from this grass.  It is said that this grass has built a strong net on the river under which the river flows very slowly and even if an elephant stands on the grass, it does not sink.

 The food of the ancient Egyptians depended almost entirely on the Nile. Flooding of the river every year left a layer of fertile soil which added to their farming. Aquatic birds and fish were a major part of their diet.  Their main food was bread which was half cooked and half raw and soaked in a special kind of syrup. The people living along the river ate more fish.  They were blown away, the princes ate on chairs and tables while the poor sat down to eat  They used to apply and women used lipstick and nail polish etc. Similarly, wearing jewelery was also common among men and women.

 This civilization is very fortunate in that they had very easy and abundant access to water. They used a machine shaduf to draw water from the river.  I used to put it, this method is still used there today.

Nile River and Egyptian Civilization

 The Nile also catered to their travel needs. They traveled on boats and small ships, made fishing boats out of wood and strong reeds, and built commercial and warships.

Religiously, the Nile people worshiped a number of deities, the largest of which was named Ra, meaning Sun.  Another feature of the other deities was that their body structure was similar to that of human beings but their heads were like those of birds and animals.

 The Egyptians also performed religious rites and believed in the life after death and sought to know about it.  According to their belief, after death the soul goes to the land of the dead and Osiris is the deity there.  If it is more than a feather, it is sent as punishment to a place which is like the earth and this soul needs a body there again, for this purpose corpses were preserved and much more.  Was buried together.

 One of the salient features of Egyptian civilization was that the common man was generally happy there.  They had four walls around them and tied animals etc. inside. Poor people had mat-like mattresses on which they slept. Rich people also had two-storied houses, usually houses by the river.  Edges were made, sometimes people were forced to work for the government.

 History has shown that even in those days the common people used to strike to get their demands met, and interestingly the Egyptians liked onions the most in their diet and also took these onions for wages.  If onions were not good or if we did not get less, these people would go on strike for the sake of onions and would revolt that we were not being given good onions or in small quantities.

Nile River and Egyptian Civilization

 A closer look at Ancient Egyptian Civilization reveals that the Egyptians still fascinated the world with two things: the pyramids and the embalming of their corpses Mummification,

To make a mummy, they used a number of special methods, first preserving the dead body, removing the brain through the nose through special pipes, and also removing the heart, kidneys and liver.  They used to store it in four separate jars, and when preparing the tomb, they would place one jar in each of the four corners of the tomb.

 At the same time, special spices and salt were applied on the rest of the dead body. When the skin became brown, white bandages were wrapped around the body and the body was placed in a coffin.

 The coffins of the common people were made of ordinary wood, while the coffins of the pharaohs or kings used gold and other precious metals.

 The coffin of Pharaoh Tutankhamen was made of pure gold.  At the same time, the deceased's belongings such as horses, furniture, weapons, etc. were also buried along with him so that he would not face any difficulty in the next life.