overnanceinAncientEgypt:AlsoontheFormationandSocialFormofAncientEgyptianCivilizationLIYijing(SchoolofHumanities,TongrenUniversity,Tongren,Guizhou554300,China)Abstract:AncientEgyptisatypicalstatefocusedonriverbecauseirrigationplaysaveryimportantroleintheagriculturaldevelopmentofthiscountry.PeriodicfloodingofitsmajorriverNileirrigatesthecultivatedlandsclosetoitandbringsalotoffertilesoilthere,whichcreatesexceptionallygoodconditionsforagriculturaldevelopmentinAncientEgypt.ThispaperstudiesthenaturalirrigationandwaterconservancyirrigationalongtheNileRiver,investigatestheimportantinfluencesofwaterconservancyirrigationoneconomyandsocietyanditsirreplaceableroleinagriculturallife.Keywords:TheNileRiver,irrigationproject,economyandsociety,civilization,influences(责任编辑黎帅)(责任校对郭玲珍)(英文编辑谢国先)108铜仁学院学报2016年