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The geographie in Egypt is mostly desert. Without the nile, there would be no source of water and food. It is even used for transportation and to produce electricity.

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The country of Egypt is nicknamed "The Gift of the Nile" because of the River Nile that runs through. Without this essential river there would be no water, no harvest and no civilization at which we still wonder today. The hydration and silt that the Nile "gave" the farmers bumper harvests almost every year. The phrase was coined by Herodotus who travelled extensively in Egypt around 2500 years ago.

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Because the Nile river prevented egypt from being a huge desert. Without the Nile, people in ancient Egypt would not have been able to grow crops. The Nile made it possible for the civilization of ancient Egypt to last thousand of years.

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Surplus grain, stone for building, copper for tools, stones for jewelry - all moved up and down the Nile. Life-giving water. Fertile soil. A surplus of food. An avenue for trade. A home for villages and cities. The Nile provided all of these things for the Egyptians who built their civilization along its banks.

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The rive Nile has been called the 'Gift of the Nile' because of the Inundation. The inundation is when the Nile floods from July-September which is a good thing. It was a good thing because the flooding made the soil rich and the people were able to grow crops so they could pay their taxes and preserve food for themselves. If the Inundation ever went wrong, then it would be harder to grow their crops which is obviously a bad thing.

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Because during the spring months the nile would rise and flood the river bank where the farmers grew crops and lots of food would grow and hence people would be happy , but sometimes it did not rise and people did not have food for long.

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The Egyptians called it the "Gift of Nile" not only because it looked amazing and cool, also because the Nile gave them almost everything they needed to survive back then. It gave them food such as fish, wheat (crops from harvest) and most importantly water. The Nile gave the Egyptians transport and clay for buildings and houses too.

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