The Historical Musings

            Hey there! Welcome back to The Historical Musings. Today we will be getting into a slightly confusing part of ancient Egypt so if you don't understand something read it thoroughly again and if you still don't understand, just comment and I'll make sure to reply. Our topics of the day will be the Nile River and the geography of Upper and Lower Egypt. With that being said let's get started! Geography of the Nile Delta            The Nile river stretches through many parts of Africa and right through Egypt. It starts from the mountains in the south to the Mediterranean Sea in the north. However, before it reaches the Mediterranean, it splits into many little rivers that then run into the Sea. These little rivers together, shape an upside-down triangle. In Greek, the letter delta is also shaped like a triangle, so this segment of the river became known as the Nile Delta (the name is in Greek because it was a Greek historian who first defined that part of the Nil

          Hello, Welcome back to The Historical Musings! Last post we learned about irrigation and the first villages. Today, we will move into part three of ancient Egypt and learn about how the very first cities came to be. With that being said, let’s get started! The Earliest Cities         As villages kept growing, trading, and learning new things, they also began growing very rich in resources. The villages became so successful, they feared they would be attacked and robbed by bandits. To prevent this from happening, they built huge stone walls around the villages. These were the first cities of the ancient world. A few major ancient Egyptian cities were Memphis and Thebes, both huge religious centers.                     Memphis was the capital of lower ancient Egypt(we will learn about lower Egypt in a later post:)) and was founded in about 2925 BC/BCE. It was also one of the oldest cities. Thebes was another major city and was the capital of Upper Egypt founded in 3200 BC/(we w