HISTORY
THE ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST AND EGYPT 3200 BC500 BC
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The population was expanding rapidly
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Low water in the Nile during part of the year
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Slaves from other countries
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Every summer, when the Nile flooded, giant dykes were opened to divert water from the river and channel it to the pyramid through a manmade canal system creating an inland port which allowed boats to dock very close to the work site-just a few hundred metres away from the growing pyramid.
Detailed explanation-2: -The pyramids were built to serve as temples to the gods and also to entomb the pharaohs. The ancient Egyptians believed that after death, the pharaohs would travel to the afterlife.
Detailed explanation-3: -In ancient times, when the floodwaters receded farmers were left with well watered and fertile soil in which to plant crops. The Egyptians learned to manage the annual Nile flooding by building canals and dams. Further, with a special lifting device called a shaduf, they could carry water to higher fields.
Detailed explanation-4: -Water not only sustained life, but it was also a means of transportation, used to move large stones from the quarries along the Nile to the sites of palaces, buildings, monuments, and pyramids.