The Essential Nile Many features of civilization have evolved over time to become what one commonly thinks of as 'civilized society.' The development of government and writing in the classical civilization of Egypt can be credited to the reliability of the Nile River. The Nile was a source of unification and centralization in the Egyptian society, helping in the development of government and writing with the growth of surpluses.         The Nile River, because of …showed first 75 words of 357 total…

…showed last 75 words of 357 total…eventually toward the advent of writing. Writing, a 'very important' aspect of daily life, was a pre-condition for a more formal government.         In brief, the flooding of the Nile river made agriculture easy for the Egyptians who came to depend on its unfailing waters. Many of the great features of civilization, primarily the development of more formal government and the beginnings of writing, can be traced back to the surpluses brought about by the Nile.