Only three rivers are shown on Map 1-1 because
A) Egypt and Sumer would not have developed so early without them.
B) these rivers are no longer part of important areas of human settlement.
C) the other rivers did not have names in antiquity.
D) the other rivers on the map were not navigable.
E) they are the only rivers that ran through deserts.
Answer: A
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