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No when you think of ancient egypt you might find

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yourself picturing the pyramids No those triangular tombs that make

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more traditional graves look like well they aren't even trying

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a slab on iraq with a bunch of words Well

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someone better have a kit kat handy because you've got

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to give us a break but there's a lot more

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to ancient egyptian history than just those pointy pyramids which

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was definitely a good thing for ancient egyptians because a

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society that only builds pyramids isn't gonna be the best

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place to live And we don't know if you've ever

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tried it But a diet of rocks and construction materials

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isn't exactly the most appetising thing in the world Although

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it's usually very high fiber ancient egyptian life wasn't so

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much centered on pyramids as it was centered on agriculture

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Most people were involved in farming producing mainly wheat fruits

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and vegetables With some people farming cattle She been goats

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and hopefully they kept those animals far from the crops

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All that we can be very tempting All this farming

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depended strongly on the nile a very long river in

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north eastern africa Well obviously that's Why egypt was built

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Around it right Well at that time the country of

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egypt was made up of the two narrow strips of

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arable or farmable land that was on the banks of

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the nile from the uh swan all the way to

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the northern delta Every year the nile would flood from

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july to november which made farming impossible But on the

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bright side made river rafting breeze Even better was what

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came after the flooding As the waters receded they left

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a thick layer of fertile silt all over the farm

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lands which meant rich soil crops and thick grass is

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for grazing animals It's nice when natural disasters come with

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so many fringe benefits you know like a tornado that

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throws new cars everywhere doesn't destroy them Actually no that's

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terrifying nevermind Well like most places ancient egypt had rulers

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And by thirty one hundred bc they were the pharaohs

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Thes hereditary rulers control not only the country's centralized government

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but also commanded the egyptian army You'd think that given

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the importance of farming in ancient egyptian society they might

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let the best farmer rule for a while But somehow

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that kind of thing rarely happens Well maybe they just 00:02:15.213 --> [endTime] need better campaign slogans What do you think

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