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   ocr: B - L EGYPTIANS beam balance) D dating from E about 3800 BC HE RICHSOILand war were found in F climate along the River Nile Naqada, Egypt. H in Egypt encouraged a very early Sailing was civilization to develop from around another skill 6000 BC onward. to originate in K The earliest known percussion ancient Egypt, L M instruments were found in Egypt as the Nile was perfect for sailing N. and date from around 4000 BC. experiments. The earliest pictures These were hourglass-shaped ofEgyptian sailboats are from pottery drums with protrusions over around 3000 BC. which a skin would have stretched. ...