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ANCIENT EGYPT
From around 3100 BCE to 30 BCE, ancient Egypt was a great civilisation in North Africa. The River Nile was at the centre of ancient Egyptian life. A lot of the land was desert, but near the river there was good soil. Every summer, the river flooded, and this bought water and new soil to the land. The Egyptians grew wheat for bread, flax for cloth and papyrus for paper in this rich soil. They planted garlic, onions and cucumbers, and caught fish from the river to eat. They also used to transport gold, papyrus and cloth to the Mediterranean, where they traded it with other people.
Most people in ancient Egypt were farmers, but some worked as carpenters, weavers and potters. They were very skilled at their jobs. Usually, children learned to do the same jobs as their parents. Some children - almost always boys - went to school. They had lessons in Maths and learned how to read and write hieroglyphics. This was the ancient Egyptian writing system - it used pictures instead of letters.
The ancient Egyptians were a very advanced people. By the time their civilisation ended, the Egyptians had built pyramids, statues and temples that are still wonders of the work today. They had been creating beautiful art and impressive architecture for 3,000 years, but the amazing civilisation was nothing without the River Nile.​