p1ch3interaction

Author: Courtney Boyer

 * **Theme** || **How does this theme apply to your civilization?** ||
 * 1. Demography and Disease || * The Egyptians were cultivators, metalworkers, craftsmen, woodworkers, and potters but much of them were cultivators considering the fertility that the Nile River created. ||
 * 2. Migration || * After 5000 B.C.E northern Africa went through major climate changes and it became increasingly arid.
 * This forced people and humans to migrate towards bodies of water such as Lake Chad, the Nile River, the Congo River, and the Niger River in order to continue thriving. ||
 * 3. Patterns of Settlement || * Most people in northern Africa settled around the Nile because it supplied the surrounding area with fertile silt which allowed for agricultural production. It also made survival easy and provided a reliable region for the development of a complex society.
 * Not only did people settle in the Nile River valley but in the vallies of the Niger and Congo Rivers starting around 8,000 B.C.E. ||
 * 4. Technology || * The Egyptians adopted iron and bronze metallurgy from the Hyksos and because iron was more plentiful they produced more of it.
 * The Egyptians construced massive pyramids out of limestone that was abundant in the area. Some pyramids used around 2.300.000 blocks that weighed 2.5 tons(to show the abundance)
 * They also adopted the wheeled vehicles and ships from the Mesopotamians and this allowed for faster and more efficient trade.. ||