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Which of the following rivers played a major role in the development of the Ancient Egyptian civilisation?

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Euphrates
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Tigris
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Nile
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Indus
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The correct option is C Nile
The Nile river originates from Lake Victoria and flows into the Mediterranean Sea. Herodotus, a Greek Historian who lived in the 4th Century BCE, called Egypt the "Gift of the Nile". The Egyptian civilisation depended solely upon the flow of the Nile River.

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