In Ancient times not many civilizations were strong enough to have a thriving society. That was not the case with the people of the Nile. The Egyptians were one of the most ingenious and gifted people living in the B.C. era. There was one major factor that helped them to become the civilization that they were, the Nile River. Ancient Egypt was the gift of the Nile.

The people of the Nile river valley were agricultural. They relied on the inundation of the Nile River for their food source. Every year the Nile would flood giving the people a layer of silt that would allow them to farm all year round. After the inundation, around early October, the level of the water would start to fall. Even though the river levels receded, the Egyptian people had thought of ways to keep the water around for...