What is significant about the yearly flooding of the Nile Valley? (1 point)

a. The floods typically killed many people, making it hard to live in the valley; most people moved to the mountains above the riverbed.
b. It is the only geographic disadvantage of the area.
c. It replenished the nutrients in the soil, making the valley very fertile.
d.It prompted the Egyptians to build enormous pyramids to escape the floodwaters.

c. It replenished the nutrients in the soil, making the valley very fertile.

The southern area

they represent the periods of peace and prosperity during which the arts flourished the most

papyrus

The Old Kingdom

It is a step pyramid.

as tombs for the pharaohs

They believed in an afterlife in which the preservation of the body was important.

They were considered gods.

It helped to preserve the body as part of the mummification process.