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Herodotus remarked that Egypt was the “gift of the Nile.” What did he mean by this?
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Herodotus remarked that Egypt was the “gift of the Nile.” What did he mean by this?

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I believe it refers to the fact that the Egyptian culture, and in general live in Egypt would not be possible without Nile's yearly flooding: Egypt was in a way the Gift of Nile to the world.
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