Egyptian civilization formed along the Nile river and the earliest traces of
             human life in that region are from the Paleolithic Age, (Old Stone Age), about
             300,000 B.C., at the very edges of the Nile Valley. Beyond, on both sides of the
             river the land was and still is desert.
             At that time the people moved from place to place, ate berries, roots, and
             any animals they could find, but stood close to their lifeline, the Nile. The lands
             along the Nile were rich enough to be farmed, so over time the people started to
             grow crops. They found ways to store the yearly floodwaters and then use them
             for the dry seasons. The farmers learned to lift water out of the Nile or wells and
             send it across the fields through a system of canals. In order for all of this to
             work out they had to work together, no one could do any of it alone. So as the
             farmers and people began to cooperate, an organization began to grow. They
             found leaders among them who directed the work. A form of government
             developed and due to that they soon began to build cities, to manufacture
             things, in time to trade with their neighbors. That is how it all started. Over a
             period from 3100 B.C. to 332 B.C. they grew in culture, arts, religion, science,
             The early Egyptian people grew food by the Nile and lived mainly by
             hunting for meat, fishing, and gathering wild plants. They kept a small number of
             cattle, sheep, or goats, and grew a few crops. Their crops were flax, barley, and
             a primitive kind of wheat called 'emmer.' They got the sheep and goats from the
             middle east, and their crops too. Farming provided most of the food and helped
             their population grow. Later on in time, the basic diet of the ordinary people was
             bread and beer. The wealthier ones ate more meat and drank wine instead of
             The most common clothes women wore were tunic dresses. Those were
             made by folding a rectangle of cloth in half, sewing it up at the sides, leaving
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