Humans
from surrounding tribes curiously ventured towards the delta. Carrying their belongings, they investigated
the new land. Some established temporary
homes on the delta islands. They noticed
the Nile extending backward, in a southern direction. A faction of the nomadic tribes made rafts by
fastening together strands of papyrus reeds.
They fashioned poles by trimming the reeds, and used them for movement
on the raft. Soon they gathered their
rafts and floated upstream.
Another nomadic tribe entered,
except they entered from the west. They
too were curious about this new land, and explored the delta. These nomadic humans decided to stay for some
time within the delta region. They
captured the temporary huts left by the others.
Limestone boulders sheltered
those nomadic tribes that headed southward.
I examined their form of technology.
The usage of bronze weaponry along with pottery, simple jewelry and
basket making were common throughout the surrounding regions of the
planet.
A third party now entered the
scene. Groups of warriors entered from
the south on rafts made of wood grown in Nubia.
They displayed limited technological advances. They possessed large animal-skinned shields
and large spears tipped with poison.
Within time, all of the groups
met. They argued over what territory
they chose to cultivate. The first group
established mud brick houses along their section of the Nile. The Nubians decided to build their realms in
the southern area close to modern Aswan.
The other group decided to remain in the delta, where more resources
were located.
A few years after, the group in
the central zone built many cities. The humans
in the northern delta region also built cities, but they had to temporarily
abandon their homes due to the flooding of the river. The Nubians remained nomadic.
(from Chapter 3: Kemti, Eye of the Pharaoh (C)1990 MJC).
MC 2013.
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