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Wednesday 17 March 2010
The Plants grown in the Med. area do not grown near the equator. They need a period of cold or a change in light levels, etc. S. Africa had to wait for Europeans to bring crops past the equator by ship.The Sudd swamps and growth of the upper Nile.
But even if it had't been there, agriculture would have had problems, because going south would get you into different climatic conditions where the rules of Egyptian agriculture wouldn't apply.the sub saharan part of africa did have limited agriculture
the bantu peoples grew some crops
but for the most part the people of africa were hunter-gatherers
the Sahara desert, you are not walking across that.There was some agriculture in various parts of Africa. The Sahara is not fertile. Much of Africa has two seasons: rainy and dry. If you've seen the Lion King, you know that this means that the herds run around the grasslands. Africa is a continent of grasslands, desert, and jungle. Not all tribes were hunter-gatherers. Egyptian agriculture works fine in the Nile crescent and along the banks. If you've ever seen a bird's-eye-view photograph of the Nile River, you can see that it is green for a couple of miles on either side and abruptly changes to desert. Irrigation does not work well unless you are near a river, especially if you haven't invented the aquaduct yet.#If you have any other info about this subject , Please add it free.# |
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