The Egyptians are one of the oldest civilizations in the world. The pyramids were the tallest structures in the world for over 4,000 years until modern day. The size and age of the pyramids show some kind of pristine,  architecture, and power that they once had. Just like any Civilization that we know of, the ancient Egyptians would have relied heavily on a nearby water source, the Nile. The Nile shaped Egyptian Society by providing food, transportation, and they even had a hymn dedicated to the Nile.

     Without water there is nothing, to build a civilization off of. Humans being 60-70% water, need a lot of it, to survive. The ancient Egyptians lacking modern technology systems that we have today, had to live close to the water source in order to live. Paintings can be found depicting the river (Document E), from over 3,000 years ago. The Nile in the picture also, is shown growing the crops and providing life to the plants. In (Document A) we see on the map the importance of the river to them, when we see the surrounding dessert. The surrounding dessert would have had very little water for providing life, and so the Nile was crucial to the Egyptians for doing that.

     Water is also essential in the transportation of just about anything. The Egyptians living in a dessert would have had a very hard time going through it transporting good with high heat and soft sand. The water provided a smooth form of transportation from one place to the other. Even today we mostly use water as a way of transportation, because it easily the easiest way, from walking or pulling a wagon. In (Document C), the picture depicted shows a barge being pulled by row boats and a barque being pushed by the North wind through it’s sails. (Document C) states that the river pushes South to North, with a North wind, so the fact that the sails on the barque are pushing forward they are probably moving South, if only though we had a sailor’s journal, we could know more about them. The barge in the picture is probably moving some type of mineral or food that they need. Without the Nile river it may have been very detrimental to the Egyptians without a way to transport metals and minerals for war, and food and minerals for infrastructure.

     When a civilization has a hymn to something, or a song, it usually means that they have some form of devotion to that thing. Many of the cultures,such as Christianity,around the world have hymns or songs to just about anything that devote to. The Egyptians for example had a hymn to the Nile. The hymn (Document D)was devoted to the Nile for all the good things it brought to them. The hymn they sung (Document D)for instance went, “Hail to you, oh Nile,...that temples might be in festival,” this section of it shows how the Nile was praised by them. Another section of the hymn goes,”...spring from the ground, come to keep the land alive…..who produces barley and makes wheat grow,” this section shows the significance to them that the Nile had to them in the form of Food. The Nile was obviously important and shaped Egyptian society enough that it was able to have a song devoted to it.

     The Egyptians were one of the most advanced and powerful societies in the world for a large period of time. They had the Pyramids which even today stand tall, as the last of the seven wonders of the world. The fact that the Egyptians even had the power to build such a pyramid make it a wonder as to how it was done, with some even believing in aliens. The Egyptians though ,relied heavily on a water source just like anyone else. The Nile provided the whole life of the Egyptians. The Nile shaped Egyptian Society by providing food, transportation, and they even had a hymn dedicated to the Nile.