What happened after the battle of stalingrad? a) hitler’s plans of dominating europe ended. b) hitler controlled the caucasus oil fields. c) german troops continued their blitzkrieg eastward. d) both german and soviet troops refused to surrender.

(d) rivers.

explanation:

civilizations developed around rivers because their waters provided places to hunt and fish. also, as the rivers flooded, the lands around them became fertile. this allowed them to support farming. this is especially true of the nile river, which flooded the same time each year.