Egypt is a country found in the Northern part of Africa and next to the Mediterranean Sea. Further, the civilization of Egypt is one of the oldest and longest lasting civilizations in the world history. This civilization of Ancient Egypt is believed to have begun around 3000 BC a time when the Nile Valley unified under a single ruler. Several factors contributed to the rise and fall of the Ancient Egyptian Civilization later on. As such, this essay examines the factors that led to the rise of the Ancient Egyptian Civilization as well as the factors that led to its subsequent fall.

Primarily, the rise of the Ancient Egyptian civilization centered on the Nile River and the fertile river banks that made it suitable for agriculture. Egyptian peasant farmers developed irrigation methods that controlled the flow of water and ensured that crops could grow both during the rainy and dry seasons. Because of Nile Valley’s fertility, there were huge surpluses of crops that in turn led to the building projects like the pyramids and the temples of Luxor. Additionally, these surpluses were used to fund a refined lifestyle for the elite, to develop overseas trade and diplomacy, and to pay for wars of conquest. Secondly, technology was also a major factor that contributed to the rise of the Ancient Egyptian Civilization. The Ancient Egyptians developed advanced mathematical skills that enabled them to engage in high-level building projects like the pyramids and temples with remarkably easy tools. Moreover, the Egyptians developed exemplarily medicine Another contributor to the rise of the Ancient Egyptian Civilization was trade. Trade in Egypt was relatively easy because of the presence of the Nile and the development of the ship technology. As a result, numerous towns used as centers of administration and markets developed along the riverbanks. Additionally, because of Egypt’s geographical location, it acted as a point of trade through which goods from sub-Saharan Africa flowed to the north of the Mediterranean. However, despite the numerous developments, the Egyptian Civilization finally collapsed.

The first factor that led to the collapse of the Secondly and more importantly, while the Nile was shrinking, the Pharaoh at the time and his administrators were in their 90s and lacked the vigor to cope with the natural disaster that had hit his land.