p3ch3interaction

Author: Patrick Wilson

 * **Theme** || **How does this theme apply to your civilization?** ||
 * 1. Demography and Disease || * Egyptians live in the valley of the Nile River, which is in the Sahara Desert, and one of the only inhabitable parts of Northern Africa ||
 * 2. Migration || * The Egyptians migrated from the Middle-Eastern region ||
 * 3. Patterns of Settlement || * Egyptians and North Africans originally lived in the Sahara when it was green and fertile tens of thousands of years ago.
 * When it dried and became a desert, the Egyptians retreated to places that were still inhabitable like the Nile River Valley ||
 * 4. Technology || * Bronze metallurgy discovered in 3000 BCE
 * Iron metallurgy discovered in 1000 BCE
 * Efficient transportation using boats and rafts on the Nile River
 * Trade networks came into use around 4000 BCE or earlier
 * Agriculture by use of the Nile River ||