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Many civilizations form around certain things that help boost the survival of the people. The Egyptian civilization formed around the Nile River. The civilization began to plant its roots around 3100 B.C. Egypt is often called the gift of the Nile River because the river filled the needs for the civilization. Without the river the Egyptian civilization would never have existed because the Nile filled Egypt's basic needs of transportation, religion and agricultural.
One of the Nile's greatest contributions is transportation. Transportation on land was not often found. This is a result of Egypt being mostly desert. Most people could not trek across the desert and live to tell the story, if the person decided to stay along the river, they would have to go through all the cities and small villages and crops that covered the rivers edge; the easiest and most efficient way to travel would be by the river. The Egyptians had used three main types of boats to travel on the river,......

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