| Summary/Abstract |
Nation-states emerged during the nineteenth and twentieth century and is still emerging which is very recent to trace the importance of Rivers. Without river there were no civilisations that develop into nation-states. What binds together in the shape of civilisations was through river and develops into nation-states. Mention may be made of Mesopotamian civilisation begin in the rivers between Euphrates and Tigris; Chinese Civilisation along the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers; Egyptian civilisation in the Nile River; Indus Valley Civilisation in the Indus River Valley.
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