The Greek historian Herodotus, who also wrote that Egypt was the "Gift of the Nile" [Because without the Nile there would be no Egypt, only desert]
Pindar and Pausanias.
Herodotus of Halicarnassus.
The fourth century Greek historian was Xenophon (355 BCE). The great Greek historian, Herodotus, was writing during the 5th century BCE.
Strabo's Geography was written about 24 AD. He was a Greek geographer and historian that lived in Asia Minor.
The Greek historian Herodotus, who also wrote that Egypt was the "Gift of the Nile" [Because without the Nile there would be no Egypt, only desert]
Hecataeus, Herodotus,
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Thucydides
Pindar and Pausanias.
Thucydides
The only generally known nickname is when the Greek historian, Herodotus, wrote that Egypt was the "gift of the Nile".
Herodotus.
Herodotus of Halicarnassus.
The Nile gets its name from the Greek word "Nelios", meaning River Valley and the Greek historian, Herodotus, wrote that Egypt was the "gift of the Nile" - it thereby acquired that as a nickname. .
Herodotus was widely traveled and wrote about everything. Thucydides wrote only about the Peloponnesian War.
The fourth century Greek historian was Xenophon (355 BCE). The great Greek historian, Herodotus, was writing during the 5th century BCE.