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1. Availability of rivers like Nile - which provided water for domestic use
2. Agriculture - Agricultural activities ensured plenty of food hence increased population in a given area for example Cairo
3. Adminstration - administrative activities and institutions like palaces developed into urban centres.
4. Religion - towns like Cairo grew out of religious activities
5. Strategic administrative posts inhabited by rulers and kings were usually visited by people for various reasons paying tributes and allegiances
6. Development of roads and railway lines
7. Religious and cultural centres, which acted as meeting points, attracted huge human populations thereby leading to the birth of urban centres
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