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flood
To irrigate their fields
Pete Gogolak
They needed to predict when the Nile river would flood
To measure anything - one use was to record the annual Nile flood levels.
flood
because they are IDOIT'S
R. Flood has written: 'Reserve cycles'
They stored up surplus grain during productive years.
The Nile's flooding wasn't constant. Sometimes it would flood too much, other times it would flood too little. The Egyptians were taxed based on the flood levels.
by getting water
The flood of the Nile was made by so much rain. Egyptians didn't view floods as threats like the Mesopotamians did. The Egyptians looked at the floods as a way to farm easier than they did before.
They had 'ways'
By observing the stars.
To bring turds to LIFE
To irrigate their fields
Pete Gogolak