Question

3. Why was Egypt called as the 'Gift of the Nile' by the Greek historian, Herodotus?
4. How did the Egyptian settlers enjoy many years of peace and security? What did they
learn during that period?
5. What do you understand by the term 'Mummification?
6. What did the Egyptians do to decorate the walls and pillars of their magnificent
temples?
7. What were the reasons for the Egyptians to be able to grow crops throughout the year?
8. What things were found inside the pyramids? What were the pyramids considered as?
9. State the materials used by the Egyptians for writing? On what did they write?
10. Explain in brief about the solar calendar invented by the Egyptians.
11. State the simplified alphabet system of the Egyptians.​

Answer 1

3. the Greek historian Herodotus called the Egypt the gift of the nails in the kingdom on his survival to the flooding of Neil and the resulting depositing to fertile silt.