The lands along the Nile were rich enough to be farmed, so over time the people started to grow crops. They found ways to store the yearly floodwaters and then use them for the dry seasons. The farmers learned to lift water out of the Nile or wells and send it across the fields through a system of canals. In order for all of this to work out they had to work together, no one could do any of it alone. So as the farmers and people began to cooperate, an organization began to grow. They found leaders among them who directed the work. A form of government developed and due to that they soon began to build cities, to manufacture things, in time to trade with their neighbors.

That is how it all started. Over a period from 3100 B.C. to 332 B.C. they grew in culture, arts, religion, science, medicine, and many other fields. The early Egypti

There were several festivals during the year where people could get closer to their god. Sometimes a statue of the god would be paraded around the temple walls carried in a closed shrine on a golden boat. Some of Ancient Egypt’s most remarkable achievements were in architecture and engineering, especially in designing plus building the great pyramids. In Egypt there are more than 80 pyramids, which experts believe, are the tombs built by pharaohs, as the final resting place for their body. The finest sculptors, masons, engineers, and countless laborers spent years building the tombs. They were not slaves but farmers who believed that if they help their king get to heaven, he would look after them in the next world. They produced objects of superb workmanship in stone, copper, gold, and wood. Jewelry was among the most popular things. The paintings inside the tombs were decorated by teams of craftsmen. Those paintings were believed to be partly magic. Things painted were believed to become real in the afterworld so they showed them as clearly as possible.

Egyptian doctors were the most famous in the ancient world. Today some scholars call them “the first real doctors.” The people who were doctors were often priests as well. They were trained in the temple medical schools. Their medicine was a mixture of science, religion, and magic. In many kingdoms all over the Mediterranean if medical help was needed their services were at demand. Their medical writings include all sorts of magic charms and chants, but they had a lot of practical knowledge. They knew how to deal with broken bones, wounds, and fevers. It is said that they approached their study of medicine in a remarkably scientific way. An example of likely treatment in those early times is the binding of a slice of raw meat over a stitched wound. Also wounds were treated with willow leaves, which contain salicylic acid (aspirin), to reduce inflammation, plus copper, sodium salts to help dry up the wound. Cream and flour were mixed to make a cast for a broken limb. With very bad diseases, where they didn't understand the cause, magic spells were mixed with the potions. Even if the magic didn’t work itself the patient felt a little better just thinking it might work.

The religion of the ancient Egyptians was rather complex. Creation was believed to have been made out of darkness and chaos. With the physical creation of earth, mankind, and gods came the abstract concepts of law, religion, ethics, and kingship. Those were to last for eternity, which solidifies the notion that ancient Egyptians were very conservative. They believed there was no change; the universe w

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