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black land
they called their land the red land
For early egyptians their land provided them with good soil to grow crops, the nile gave them the silt and they were pretty good traders
For early egyptians their land provided them with good soil to grow crops, the nile gave them the silt and they were pretty good traders
it is called the black land because of all the black people that lived there
they called it the land of Kush
The ancient Egyptian language has two terms for the people of that country. They called themselves:rmT (mankind, people, Egyptians)kmtw (people of the black land = Egyptians)
in classic Arabic it's called "Misr" and in Egyptian Arabic dialect (in which how Egyptians themselves pronounciate its name) it's "Masr" n the word "Misr" means the state
Why did the red land help the Egyptians for?
Well, at the moment, the controversy about people claiming that the Ancient Egyptians were black which is false, is why some people may think that the Egyptians called their country the black land. But that is not the reason, as they were not black. The Ancient Egyptians called their land Kemet, which means black land. The soil at the banks of Nile was very dark in colour, and the soil was of great importance, since the country was mostly desert. Because the soil was dark, the Ancient Egyptians thought of their country as a dark, or black land, because of the land colour around the river.
Well, at the moment, the controversy about people claiming that the Ancient Egyptians were black which is false, is why some people may think that the Egyptians called their country the black land. But that is not the reason, as they were not black. The Ancient Egyptians called their land Kemet, which means black land. The soil at the banks of Nile was very dark in colour, and the soil was of great importance, since the country was mostly desert. Because the soil was dark, the Ancient Egyptians thought of their country as a dark, or black land, because of the land colour around the river.
Kemet means the Black Land, a reference to rich black silt left after the annual flooding of the Nile.