Egypt was called the gift of the Nile because the Nile river gave life to the desert. This was an essential river during this time and civilizations started developing after people began farming in this region.
Ancient<span> History/</span>Egypt<span>/Geography. ... The Greek historian Herodotus </span>called Egypt<span> the "</span>gift of the Nile<span>", since the kingdom owed its survival to the annual flooding of the </span>Nile<span> and the resulting depositing of fertile silt. The </span>Nile<span> River flows into the Mediterranean Sea, and there is a delta at the mouth.</span>
Women gained early economic opportunities through working in D) industries in the Northeast. Women were able to be employed in industrial factories in the Northeast leading to early employment opportunities.