Why did herodotus called egypt as "gift of the nile"?

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Why did herodotus called egypt as "gift of the nile"?

Answer 1

The 5th century B.C. Greek historian Herodotus declared that Egypt is the “gift of the Nile". He simply stated that without the Nile, there is no Egypt because  where the Nile overflows its banks, the land is green, and where the water’s influence stops, the desert begins.

Egypt is the Gift of the Nile, the only place in the world where a river dares to cut across a thousand miles of desert to reach the sea, creating a civilization along its course.The river is literally the lifeline of Egypt. The largest cities and towns are located along the banks of the Nile.

Answer 2

maybe because Egypt is surrounded by desert, and the Nile was the only source of water, thus only in this way people could live there. without the Nile, there might have not been such a beautiful Egyptian civilisation. because one can't live in desert without water. they made water canals, pumped the water at different heights, but they also had to work very hard to move water from place to place. so maybe this made their minds think of better and better plans.

i know that they were the first to discover the bread, because they mixed flour with water from the Nile, and since that water contained natural ferments, the dough was growing. :)

Answer 3

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