What natural resources were available in the ancient Egyptian empire and explain what each would have been used for?

Answer 1

1. River Nile (water)
   The River Nile, a water source, provided the Egyptians with fresh water for drinking and sanitation as well as fertile lands for farming on.
   
   
2. Rocks
   These were used to create many buildings. Earlier Egyptians split rocks by hammering a wooden wedge into them and then wetting the wedge. The wooden wedge would soak up the water and expand, causing the rock to split, making it easier to transport and craft from.
   
   
3. Limestone
   Ancient Egyptians mined limestone from Memphis (the original Egyptian location not the US location named after it). This was used to craft sculptures and as a building material.
   
   
4. Quartz
   These are crystals which were used for many things such as jewellery. We have discovered an Ancient Egyptian quartz mine in modern-day Gabel el-Ahmar.
   
   
5. Sandstone
   Another stone used for buildings. One particular limestone mine built by them is located at Gebel es-Silsila.
   
   
6. Alabaster (or stalagmitic limestone)
   This is like marble. Egyptians used this to craft sculptures and ornaments as well as to etch on decorative markings for buildings. They mined this from the Eastern Desert.
   
   
7. Granite.
   They also had several granite quarries around Aswan. Polished granite was used to decorate the walls of tombs and the homes of the rich. Granite was also used to hold up sections of earth in mining quarries.
   
   
8. Copper
   Copper was the main metal in ancient Egypt. It was used to make ornaments and jewellery, such as bowls and brooches.
   
   
9. Gold
   Gold was another metal in Egypt. This was crafted into jewellery, ornaments and made up parts of some (not all) Pharaoh coffins.
   
   
10. Bronze
    This metal was used for ornaments, sculptures, statues, weapons and armour.
    
    
11. Iron
    Iron replaced bronze as the metal of choice for weapons and armour when it was discovered.
    
    
12. Flint
    Flint was crucial to the poor man. It was used to make flint farming tools such as sickles. In the early days before they discovered how to make metal weapons, the very first Egyptians also used flint to fashion weapons from.
    
    
13. Steatite (or soapstone)
    This was used to make cheap jewellery, usually jewellery representations of scarab beetles.
    
    
14. Cedar (imported)
    The trees that grew in Egypt were mostly useless for wood, because they were too dry thanks to the heat and lack of water. So cedar was imported from Lebanon. Wood was used for many things such as buildings, furniture, weapons and (very) cheap jewellery.
    
    
15. Flax
    Flax grew naturally along the Nile. Flax was used to make linen cloth.
    
    
16. Papyrus plants
    This was a resource for much later Ancient Egyptians. They used it to make papyrus - the early form of paper.
    
    
17. Clay
    Clay could be harvested from the bottom of the River Nile. It was used for ornaments, sculptures, as an early method of keeping records (clay tablets, before paper was discovered) and for buildings.
    
    
18. Animals and fish
    The Nile was great for catching food, not just growing it. The river attracted thirsty animals, who were ambushed by waiting hunters. As well as meat, the animals had other useful things. Fur for clothing, skin for leather, horns for tools and ornaments, bone for tools and weapons and so on.
    
    

Answer 2

Egypt was self-sufficient in many Natural Resources.

1. Fertile land alongside the Nile in which a variety of crops such as wheat and barley could be grown.

2. Flax - provided excellent linen.

3. Papyrus - provided writing material.

4. Reeds - were used in the making of mats, baskets and sandals.

5. Flint - was used in the making of sickles and weapons.

6. Rocks and minerals such as white limestone, quartzite, sandstone and alabaster was quarried and used for building.And cement (water and sand)

Answer 3

They didn't have any. The Egyptians used copper and nothing else. The Egyptians are very stupid, they can not use copper.

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