What were the most important gifts of the Nile based on the Newsela article entitled "Agriculture in Ancient Egypt"? by Dennis Gallagher

Gerald Guzman

2020-09-22 14:36:55 UTC

One important gift of The Nile is its yearly flooding. The water would run through the banks of the soil, which allowed crops to grow. This helped the people with their farming practices.

Keira Lozada

2020-09-22 14:36:59 UTC

Based on the Newsela article, there were a few rather important gifts that stuck out to me. The first thing was just how much the Nile gave them through natural causes. They thrived on a river for thousands of years while respecting nature and its boundaries. The second thing was the benefits they reaped from having such a relationship with nature. Their crops and food were plentiful most years, with a surplus adding in there every so often. And the final thing I would find necessary to add is how much society evolved from a simple gift of the Nile. They were able to create trade and taxes from the success of the Nile.

Danielle Mann

2020-09-22 14:37:01 UTC

I think that the Nile's important gift to Egypt were the floods. The floods gave them fertile soil to have the opportunity to grow many different types off crops which they lived off of. Also it provided drinking water for them, there were also fish which they used as food.

William Bovatsek

2020-09-22 14:37:01 UTC

The important gifts of the Nile were, fertile lands for crops, water to drink, a way to travel, and new crops.

Alexander Phu

2020-09-22 14:37:02 UTC

Some of the important gifts of the Nile were the fertile soil you get from the yearly floods, fresh drinking water, baths, and new crops

Abigail Hish

2020-09-22 14:37:07 UTC

I think fertile land left after flooding was the most important gift of the Nile. This was there source of life. They were able to grow food with the soil that they otherwise wouldn't have. With those crops they were also able to make trades. Furthermore, the Nile also supplied the Egyptians with fresh water.

Owen Hargrave

2020-09-22 14:37:07 UTC

I think some important gifts of the Nile were to have water to drink , helps crops, and grow food.

Alex Strauss

2020-09-22 14:37:10 UTC

The most important gifts of the Nile is he water itself. Also the crops that come from it. I ALSO LIKE OF THEM HAVING ONE KING AND WOMEN ALSO HAD RIGHTS. Everyone was EQUAL!!!!! They also had boats since the water was there. So the water from the Nile is the most important part.

Josue

2020-09-22 14:37:17 UTC

Some of the most important things from the Nile were the yearly floods that helped out the crops

Connor Young

2020-09-22 14:37:32 UTC

The most important gifts were there were plenty of fish and very rich soil

Kathleen Vergara

2020-09-22 14:37:35 UTC

The most important gift of the Nile in my opinion were the floods that brought fertile soil. Without the river, there wouldn't be any soil at all and instead it would only be a desert.

Madeline Colmenares

2020-09-22 14:38:39 UTC

The most important gifts that the nile gave were the fertile silt that came with the floods and the water which allowed the ancient egyptians to grow a lot of food.

Noah K Vitug

2020-09-22 14:39:18 UTC

The most important gift that the Nile has to give is the rich soil and water that it brings down stream which is very useful for growing crops that were dependent on the amount of water the Nile brung.

Kiley

2020-09-22 14:39:18 UTC

The most important gift that the nile gave us was the silt that was rich and helped with farming. Another gift was the water that helped as well.

Sophia Sherman

2020-09-22 14:40:57 UTC

In my opinion i think that the most important gifts of the Nile would be the soil, and the water.

Lauren

2020-09-22 15:52:03 UTC

I think the most important thing was the soil so they could grow crops and keep them healthy so they would have food to eat.

Ava

2020-09-22 15:52:05 UTC

The most important gift from the Nile was the water that it gave to the Egyptians and because of all of the water they were able to grow their crops and drink from the water.

megan

2020-09-22 15:52:06 UTC

The most important gifts of the Nile was that it made the land fertile, so they could grow crops. Also it let them stay alive, without it, they would probably be unknown and long gone.

Chase Bucher

cbucher21 — 2020-09-22 15:52:07 UTC

The most important thing from the Nile would be the water obviously but the water be helping the land be fertile and you allows people to be able to grow crops in that area and also the Nile is very very important because if they didn't have the Nile then people in Egypt would of been died.

Brennan

2020-09-22 15:52:09 UTC

I believe that most important things were the soil, the crops , the water, black silt, fruit, the Nile and the animals

kayla

2020-09-22 15:52:10 UTC

Some of the most important gifts of the Nile would be that it gave us silt and water which helped with farming.

Mikaela M.

2020-09-22 15:52:10 UTC

The most important gifts of the Nile is mostly just the water. If they didn't have water, they would have just died.

Logan

2020-09-22 15:52:11 UTC

they had very fertile soil which led to growing crops

Sophia Vanta

2020-09-22 15:52:14 UTC

The most important gifts of the Nile were probably fresh drinkable water and rich soil. With soil it wouldn't look bare, boring, and lonely.

brady

2020-09-22 15:52:14 UTC

it allowed them to keep crops and survive because it is a huge fresh water which enabled them to essentially keep living.They also drank and fished from the river. Theyre entire lives were based off their crops because that is mostly what they had to eat. Transportation.

STacey

2020-09-22 15:52:19 UTC

The most important gift of the Nile would be the yearly floods so the crops can grow. With water you can go up an down the water

Maggie Sokalzuk

2020-09-22 15:52:22 UTC

The most important gifts of the Nile were the water so you can drink, land , and crops.

Ian Ingram

2020-09-22 15:52:26 UTC

The most important gifts were those of silt, flooding/water, transportation, fishing, and wild game.

Bri

2020-09-22 15:52:46 UTC

The Nile is so important to the Egyptians because they depended on the Nile's flooding to keep their crops alive. The important gifts were transportation as well as the rich soil.

Mia G

2020-09-22 15:52:55 UTC

the most important gifts the Nile gave to ancient Egyptians was the rich soil that made it easy to farm and the water.

Patrick Goodman

2020-09-22 15:52:58 UTC

The most important gifts of the Nile were silt and water

Abby Dobzyniak

2020-09-23 15:46:41 UTC

The most important gifts of the Nile River are the silts, delta, and fresh water.

adrianna

2020-09-23 15:49:33 UTC

floods helped a lot so that crops would grow and the deltas and silts.

Olivia

2020-09-23 15:52:25 UTC

I think the most important gifts of the Nile based on the Newsela Article was the yearly floods. It helped the Egyptians water their crops. The Nile also produced food(fish), drink, and transportation.

Harrison P.

2020-09-23 15:52:31 UTC

Floods helped to supply water to crops, and it also provided a good source of h20

Gabby

2020-09-23 15:52:40 UTC

The Nile and Egypt are similar to the sun and earth. Without the sun there would be no earth and no life on earth and without the Nile there would be no life on Egypt. The Nile gave water so crops could grow and harvest, that is probably the most important gift of the Nile. Also the flood of the Nile was not bad, it was very good because it gave fertile soil. It also gave food and transportation.

Deeya

drajashekara21 — 2020-09-23 15:52:54 UTC

The most important gifts were the floods. The floods gave the crops and the ground better water supply and a great source of water supply for the village. It is also good for transportation and fishing. Another good gift was silt. This helped the plants prosper better.

brady

2020-09-23 15:52:57 UTC

I think the most important think about the Nile was that when it flooded. It gave a supply of water to help the crops grow larger. The river had transportation too.

Aarya

arajashekara21 — 2020-09-23 15:52:58 UTC

There are many gifts of the Nile. Because of the flooding of the Nile, great nutrients were placed in the soil which was great for growing crops. The Nile was very good for transportation. Because of the Nile, transportation of goods was very efficient. It helped a lot with irrigation as well. Irrigation was incredibly important for the Egyptians to conserve water for the acres and acres of fields.

Marilyn

2020-09-23 15:53:01 UTC

The most important gifts of the Nile, based on the Newsela article entitled "Agriculture in Ancient Egypt," were the annual floods the Nile had that produced silt and water, which helped them grow crops. Another important gift was being able to travel up and down the Nile.

Lilly

2020-09-23 15:53:03 UTC

I think the most important gift of the nile is the silt.

Megan R

2020-09-23 15:53:07 UTC

Flooding of the Nile was important because it helped to supply water to crops and another gift of the Nile was silt.

Delaney

2020-09-23 15:53:37 UTC

I think the most important gift of the Nile was that it flooded and helped hydrate the soil, making it good for farming to grow food and useful plants. Another thing the Nile that was useful for is transportation and fishing.

Alana

2020-09-23 15:54:11 UTC

There are many gifts of the Nile. The floods helped give them good land so they can grow more food. Transportation I think was a very important, especially because of how long the Nile is.

Lissa

2020-09-23 15:54:29 UTC

I think the most important gift was the floods because whenever it did it would water the plants and help them grow

Jordan

2020-09-23 15:55:32 UTC

I think that the silt and water source were the two most important gifts of the Nile, but I think between the two of them, the water supply was the most important.

Nolan Greene

2020-09-23 15:55:38 UTC

Transportation and trade, water for cooking drinking transportation water for crops water for cooking food harvesting minerals catching fish water for crops