These people set an economic base for the development of our civilization. It also provided another base towards the hunting for food, and fishing to survive in the dry arid climate of ancient Egypt.

             The Ancient People of Egypt were dependent on their natural resources to survive in the dry climate. They were mostly very dependent on the climate as well as their natural resources to produce their food and crops. The development of the Egyptian civilization was the Nile River. It was considered to be the " The bringer of food, rich in provisions, creator of all good, lord of majesty, sweet of fragrance. The Nile begins in the Heart of Africa and courses northward for thousands of miles . Its banks are fertile and capable of producing abundant harvests. What made Egyptian life possible was its annual flooding. The river rose in the summer from the rains in central Africa and would leave a deposit of silt that created an area of rich soil .These people of Egypt were raising crops of wheat, barley, lentils, chick peas, capers, and dates. As these people were starting a new evolution to continue the life for mankind, the Nile River supported these people to adapt to their surroundings. The land that the Ancient Egyptian people lived on was sand dunes and small river beds. They only receive rain once every fifteen years. Ancient Egyptian people grew great crops when the Nile would overflow its banks, flooding the surrounding areas and depositing a layer of rich silt. As crops began to have a high demand the Egyptians began to hunt for food, like Gazelles, wild cattle, hartebeest, and hippos. During the summers in Ancient Egypt the floodplain sites had to be abandoned when the river rose and began to wash their places out. No one really knows where these ancient people went but when August and September would come around the cycle would begin all over again. When the river would slowly lower the high dunes ponds would catch stranded catfish which made an excellent source of food for these people.