Which ancient Greek historian, writing in the 5th century BCE, famously described Egypt as 'the gift of the Nile'?

• A Herodotus ✓
• B Thucydides
• C Plutarch
• D Strabo

Herodotus, the Greek historian often called 'the Father of History', visited Egypt around 450 BCE and wrote extensively about its geography, customs, and monuments in his 'Histories', coining the enduring phrase that captures the river's centrality to Egyptian civilization.