Why is egypt sometimes called "the gift of the nile"? Name 5 benefits or gifts the nile provided the egyptians

Question

the ancient egyptians

Answer 1

Herodotus called Egypt the gift of the Nile because the world received the great Egyptian civilization because of the Nile.

1.) Irrigation
2.) Fertile land for growing
3.) Transportation of materials
4.) water and food
5.) A way to move armies

and, a special addition from a freshmen this year on a test when he had to answer this question:
6.) A way to drown prisoners.

Answer 2

The River Nile provided many 'gifts' to help Egyptians to survive in ancient times and also today.

About two thousand five hundred years ago, Herdotus, who was a visitor from Greece, called Egypt "the gift of the Nile". The Egyptian people sang special hymns to the river. The hymn below was written down during the period of time called the New Kingdom (which was from about 1570 to 1070 B.C.). :

"Hail to thee O Nile that
issues from the earth
and comes to keep Egypt alive!
÷ He that waters the meadows
which Ra created."

To make the best use from the flooding of the Nile, the people built irrigation channels to carry water to their fields. They even built dams to hold back the water to be used during droughts. Many things these people did sound very similar to some people now. In some ways it was the same things the Sumerian people did. Since the floods came at predictable times in Egypt farming was much easier. The Egyptian people needed less cooperation than the Sumerians to get their work done. As a result they did not develop cities until a much later time.

Besides water, another very important gift of the Nile was the thick black mud which gets left behind during the flooding. This thick dark mud made the soil much richer and made the farmlands very productive.

The Nile gave the people other gifts too. Fish, geese, ducks and many other water birds that could be eaten made their homes in land of delta. A plant called papyrus which is a long, thin reed grew along the riverbanks. The Egyptians harvested papyrus and made lots of different things with it like: baskets, sandals, boats, and material to write on. The word paper that we use comes from the word papyrus.

Answer 3

it's not that the Nile was named Egypts gift.......cause that is how you kinda worded it.

Egypt is by far the most ornate and intricate civilization on the Nile. The Nile was a HUGE source of their transportation, and means for their ultimate conquring of other villages/tribes. Also the Nile flows differently from other rivers. The Upper Nile is actually south, and the Lower Nile is actually north. Ususally "downstream" has the richest silt (minerals) so Giza and Cairo are more towards the north.....they were at the recieving end of the minerals.

Also, the COUNTRY of Egypt is the largest country that the Nile flows through......so one might assume that such a large and powerful nation can be attributed to such a mighty river. Other than that......the ancient Egyptians were pretty damn advanced and are damn kick ***, why wouldn't the river be too?

Answer 4

1.Fresh Water to drink
2.Fresh Water to Grow Crops
3. Highway for trade with the other nations of Africa and the Mediterranean
4. Source of Fish
5. Fresh Water for livestock

Answer 5

It supplied them...
1. reeds (which they used as paper)
2. water (which they used for many uses)
3. fish(for food)
4. irrigation (during th floods every summer)
5. transportation (they used it to travel places)

Answer 6

drinking water
water for growing food
commerce
transportation
and something to wash they smelly butts wif