Even though gold is more expensive, it is not needed to survive like water. Water not only keeps you hydrated, it is used to grow crops, which can be sold for money which can buy gold or be more useful than gold or be eaten to once again, survive. Water is used and needed everywhere and by everyone that when it comes down to it, is it more valuable than gold.
Your answer will be False, because papyrus is paper, which was back in the early times, and they used papyrus to carry food, but papyrus was not a fruit. According to this text, it says that "The ancient Egyptians used papyrus (which is paper) to make paper, baskets, sandals, mats, rope, blanket, etc." And that is why the answer is false.
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Nate
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It leads to a decline in the skilled personnel in a country hence decreased development rate.
