Ancient Egypt Research Paper

The Ancient Egyptians were not just a group of people that used the Nile river as a resource to live. They were more then that. They invented many things that shaped our modern world. Their religion, architecture and the way they used their resources to their advantage is just some of the ways they shaped our modern world. Five thousand years separates us and the Egyptians, its just hard to believe that they have contributed in great amounts to our modern world.
This essay is going to talk about three major achievements that shaped our modern world. The Nile brought many floods. The Egyptians needed a way to find out when the floods will come. Therefore that invented the calendar over 5000 years ago. It was originally
The ancient Egyptians needed to take records of things, therefore they invented the papyrus. In around 3000 B.C the Egyptians wrote on the papyrus. Papyrus is a plant that grows wild all over the Nile river valley, so it is very common in Egypt. The papyrus plant grows in areas around the Nile river. The inside of a triangular stalk of the plant was peeled into long strips. They were then laid out and pressed together. Then they were dried. After this all the pieces were pressed together and no glue was required because the plant was naturally sticky. Papyrus was originally only used in Egypt. In 1000 B.c, people from West Asia began to buy it from the Egyptians because it was easy to use. The Romans and the Greeks also bought it. According to http://quatr.us/egypt/literature/papyrus.htm, one sheet of this papyrus paper was worth 20 modern day U.S dollars. So when the Islamic empire learned how to make paper from rags from the Chinese about 700 AD, people quickly stopped using papyrus, even in Egypt. Instead of making papyrus, Egyptian factories started to make paper. The papyrus was a very important development in ancient Egypt because it was the foundation to the very necessary modern day