Ancient Egypt: Upper And Lower
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...two distinct cultures emerged in ancient Egypt: Upper and Lower Egypt. When the student compares and contrasts social evolution in each of the two areas, he or she will find pertinence to primary environmental factors and how those factors might be considered both limiting and enabling in terms of socioeconomic development, as well as the importance of critical factors that contribute to the development of complex societies.
II. THE SEPARATION
The geographic composition of ancient Egypt reflected Lower Egypt in the northern region, which occupied the Nile River's delta that formed "as it empties into the Mediterranean" (Orientation), while Upper Egypt resided south of the Delta. In terms of ancient Egypt's geographical positioning, the "long, narrow strip" (Orientation) of Upper Egypt was comprised of four distinctive zones that have since been identified by modern topography: the Nile River, the flood plain and the low & high deserts. Lower Egyptians lived amidst what was considered to be almost uninhabitable terrain, with centuries of annual Nile flooding creating what is...
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