Question

Restate the question, including a rephrasing of the word "shape" the question is "How Did the Nile Shape Ancient Egypt?

Answer 1

Without the Nile, Egyptian civilization would not have been possible. With the exception of a few oases, most of Egypt, other than the areas bordering the Nile, is inhospitable desert. Everything that demands water—drinking, cooking, animal husbandry, creating pottery—depended on the Nile bringing water from the southern mountains to lower Egypt. The Egyptians also relied on the Nile for transportation.