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 ===Natural Resources===
+'''summary'''
+* ancient Egypt had bountiful resources, principally
+** Nile river:
+*** provided water and silt for agriculture
+*** natural plants, especially papyrus (used for paper, baskets, boats) and flax (used for textiles and ropes)
+** salts, used for embalming, and gypsum, used for plaster
+** copper, gold
+*** used for
+click EXPAND for details:
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 * Nile for fishing, irrigation, movement
-* domesticated crops
-** Nile = one of the greatest agricultural regions of the ancient world
-** flax: for linen cloth
-** grains, such as wheat, barley,
-** fruits, such as figs, and melons and assorted vegetables
-* great many animals living along Nile
-* desert = source of salt and rock
 * silt carried by Nile replenishes the soil annually
 * Nile Delta = extremely productive, fertile land that required irrigation for large scale farming
-* papyrus: for building, boats, and paper
+* Nile = one of the greatest agricultural regions of the ancient world
+* core crops included:
+** flax: for linen cloth and vegetable oil
+** grains, such as wheat and barley
+** fruits, such as figs, and melons and assorted vegetables
+** papyrus: for building, boats, and paper
+* many animals living along Nile
+'''mining'''
+* sandstone
 * limestone: abundant from mountains along Nile; soft stone can be cut with bronze tools
-** Good article on Limestone that can be used with students: [http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/material.htm Building Materials of the Pyramids Builders]
+** good article on Limestone that can be used with students: [http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/material.htm Building Materials of the Pyramids Builders]
 ** for literary connection see the poem, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Praise_of_Limestone "In Praise of Limestone" by W. H. Auden, 1948]) Very complicated and difficult, but it's an interesting reference, as Auden discussed limestone as being
-* abundant minerals in mountains, especially to southeast of Egypt, including copper, gold
+* abundant minerals in mountains, especially to southeast of Egypt, including copper, gold, lead
-* Sinai provided copper and turquoise
+* Sinai provided copper, lead, turquoise
 ** see [http://members.multimania.nl/fredwevers/sinai.htm The land of Sinai: Location and Natural Resources]
-* Note on imported resources:
+* Wadi Natrun
-** Egypt lacked wood, and imported it from Lebanon and Asia Minor via the Phoenicians
+** a natural depression west of the Nile Delta with desert, minerals, and salty lakes and marshes that was an important source for:
-** Egypt imported other minerals, metals, dyes, and other goods from across the Mediterranean Sea region, the Middle East, Indus (India), and Nubia, Punt, and the Red Sea.
+*** natron (for embalming)
+*** gypsum (for plaster)
+* Wadi Hammamat, desert region east of Thebes (Upper Egypt)
+** principal mining region, supplying:
+*** basalts, quartz, gold, and sandstone
+* '''resources that Egypt lacked and/or imported:'''
+** lacked wood, and imported it from Lebanon and Asia Minor via the Phoenicians
+** imported minerals, metals, gems, dyes, and other goods from across the Mediterranean Sea region, the Middle East, Indus (India), and Nubia, Punt, and the Red Sea.
 * sources
 ** [http://www.historylink101.net/egypt_1/a-natural_resources.htm Natural Resources in Ancient Egypt]
 **[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Egypt Geography of Egypt] (wikipedia)
 ** [http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/farming.htm farming in ancient Egypt] - useful for students
+</div>
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