Why was the Nile referred to as a gift?

Answer 1

what i have leaned in school is that the Herodotus called Egypt the gift of the Nile is because Egypt was the county of many great rulers

Answer 2

The Nile River Delta provides the fertile soil that allowed Egypt's agriculture to thrive. It's because of the Nile Delta that Egypt always had ample food to feed its own population and also to export to other regions. The river was what allowed the Egyptian civilization to become as powerful as it was.

Answer 3

because each year the Nile would flood and give the Egyptians good fertile land for farming.

Answer 4

Because the Nile provided the Egyptians important resources. For example, papyrus.

Answer 5

Because the Nile helped egypt grow the crops that they needed. Sort of like the Tigris and Euphrates river helped as a gift in Mesopotamia because they needed rich, fertile farm land.

Answer 6

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.

Answer 7

b/c the nile was a gift from God.