What did Herodotus, a famous Greek historian of 4th century BCE, call Egypt?
A
The Land of the Rising Sun
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B
The Gift of the Nile
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C
The Land of No Rainfall
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D
The Land of Perpetual Desert
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Solution
The correct option is B The Gift of the Nile Herodotus, a Greek Historian who lived in the 4th Century BCE, called Egypt 'the Gift of the Nile'. He recorded that Egypt had no rainfall and hence all the water needs of the people who lived in the region were catered by the Nile.