The Nile River supplied a constant water source and fertile land around it that could be used for farming, which is important because pretty much everywhere else on the African continent is desert
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<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, <span>the correct response would be "in a state of depression," since it was not until the US mobilized for the war that it was able to finally dig itself out from the Great Depression. </span></span>
