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During this time the heat has dramatically increased and the crops in the lower Nile get sent to the market once they were harvested. A bad Nile could easily destroy crops, houses, farms, etc. and is feared greatly due to the limited resources offered in Egypt. Farmers, which make up 95% of a population of one million, were busiest during Shemu, the time of harvesting. Such a large force of workers would be available to work on government projects such as palaces and tombs throughout Peret, due to the mild temperatures and the wait for the growth of plants and crops. Usually the Nile produced a "good Nile"", releasing just the right amount of water into the land, but at times the Nile produces a "bad Nile releasing too little or too much water into the land. The Nile River greatly impacted the people of Ancient Egypt, without the River they would all die, but there is also that chance they could die from Akhet the flooding season. .
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The Nile River provides inspiration for art, their paintings depicted pictures of the sun god Ra, harvests, ornamental objects, and the Nile River. Egyptians saw life on earth as a means of preparing their soul for life after death; they painted pictures of their ideas of the Field of Reeds, the paradise after death. They believed that if they reach the Field of Reeds then they will stay there for eternity. Their paintings also depicted paintings of their agricultural advances, such as their irrigation canals and such. The Nile River helped shaped the face of art in the world of Ancient Egypt. Another thing the Nile River helped create religion in the world of Ancient Egypt, and most of the religion stemmed from the Nile. They created hymns and prayers to the river and recognized it as a savior to their land. In the hymn "Hymn of the Nile " they state that the Nile keeps the land alive, it makes all the animals live, and it produces barley and makes wheat grow, to the extent that even the temples will be in festival.