Upper and Lower Egypt
Both
Upper and Lower Egypt comprised of ‘Black Land’ which are the areas close to
the Nile River and are used for farming, and
‘Red Land’ which are the desert
areas. Both of these lands were
extremely important to the ancient Egyptian civilization and economy.
The ‘Red Land’ encompasses regions either side of the Nile River, and protected ancient Egypt on both sides from the neighbouring countries and any invading armies. They also provided the Ancient Egyptians with metals and precious stones. They called it the ‘Red Land’ because it was an immense stony and sand waste land where it hardly ever rained and nothing useful grew. It consisted of six deserts, with four major deserts and two smaller deserts. Egypt’s deserts cover more than 90 percent of the countries surface.
The ‘Black Land’ also known as the fertile land, was used for growing all of their important crops like cereals, wheat and barley for beer. Other plants included where flax used for making linen and rope, and papyrus which was used for making paper, boats and maps. This was the only land in all of Ancient Egypt that could be farmed because a layer of rich, black silt was placed there every year after the Nile flooded.
The ‘Red Land’ encompasses regions either side of the Nile River, and protected ancient Egypt on both sides from the neighbouring countries and any invading armies. They also provided the Ancient Egyptians with metals and precious stones. They called it the ‘Red Land’ because it was an immense stony and sand waste land where it hardly ever rained and nothing useful grew. It consisted of six deserts, with four major deserts and two smaller deserts. Egypt’s deserts cover more than 90 percent of the countries surface.
The ‘Black Land’ also known as the fertile land, was used for growing all of their important crops like cereals, wheat and barley for beer. Other plants included where flax used for making linen and rope, and papyrus which was used for making paper, boats and maps. This was the only land in all of Ancient Egypt that could be farmed because a layer of rich, black silt was placed there every year after the Nile flooded.