The Geography Of Ancient Egypt: Queen Hatshepsut

Ancient Egypt and Geography

Ancient Egypt is home to one of the greatest female pharaoh. Queen Hatshepsut. She was the first female pharaoh and did great things.

Geography

Egypt is located in North Africa, it is along the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile river, which runs through the center of Egypt, acts as a great water source. It’s floods create fertile soil for farming. Egypt was divided into two an upper and a Lower Egypt based on the flow of the river. Upper Egypt was in the south. It was called Upper Egypt because the Nile flowed upstream. Lower Egypt was in the north, it held the Nile delta.

In Ancient Egypt the early capital was called Kemet, meaning, black land. They named it this because there was very rich dark soil along the Nile. Now the capital is named Misr meaning, country. Queen Hatshepsut was born in Upper

It came around 3150 BCE. Ancient Egypt was recorded as a series of stable kingdoms. There were three stages throughout the course of ancient Egypt, the Old Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom, and the New Kingdom. The Old Kingdom lasted from 2686-2181 BCE. The Middle Kingdom lasted from 2134-1690 BCE. The New Kingdom lasted from 1549-1069 BCE. Queen Hatshepsut reigned for 20 years of the New Dynasty.

During Ancient Egypt most people were farmers. Ancient Egyptians placed great care in the way they looked. Because of this, most people bathed in the Nile river, for soap they used animal fat and chalk mixed together. For cleanliness, men shaved their entire bodies. Linen sheets were bleached white and used as clothing. Men and women of higher class wore cosmetics, wigs, and jewelry. Children from the age of 1 month to 12 years old went without clothing. At this age males were expected to shave their heads. Mothers stayed home and took care of children, cooked, and cleaned, at the meantime their husbands were out to provide yah family's