It is believed that people migrated into the Sahara region from North Africa’s Mediterranean coast. People along the upper Nile and in what would be the Nubian region were growing sorghum, millet, and wheat by 6000 B.C.E. At this time the Sahara was a rich land with rivers, lakes, and plentiful rainfall. Around 3500 B.C.E. the climate changed. Possibly due to overgrazing, North Africa changed from grass and woodland to dry desert. People fled from drying conditions and moved north and south. The few people who remained in the Sahara becam

By about 3200 B.C.E. warring communities split Egypt into a northern and southern kingdom. These two kingdoms were very hostile towards each other engaging in many wars during the 2900’s B.C.E. Legend has it that one of the kingdoms conquered the other under the rule of king Menes who would become the first king of Egypt. This brought peace to the land of Egypt that was protected by many natural boundaries from other potential invaders. Trade, however, did increase at this time. A s a result of trade the Egyptians came in contact with other civilizations and was able to adopt certain ideas from them. From Mesopotamia the Egyptians obtained bronze, shipbuilding techniques, and artistic motifs. The Egyptians learned to write using characters that had a Sumerian structure.

Around 2130 B.C.E. nobles took over the rule of Eg

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Egypt Egyptians, Berbers Nile, Mesopotamia Egyptians, BCE Legend, North Africa, BCE Sahara, Mediterranean Nile, Nile Nubian, Africa’s Mediterranean, Nile River, twelfth dynasty, egyptian kings, egyptians believed, north africa,