The correct answer is C) the building of canals.
The innovation that could have reduced the dependency of Egyptian agriculture on the annual flooding of the Nile River is the building of canals.
Ancient Egyptians depended on the Nile River for agricultural activities. The flood of the Nile allowed fertile lands on the Delta that served for agricultural purposes. If the Egyptian had built water canals they would have benefited so much for irrigation and storage purposes. One example of successful construction of canals were the Aztecs. They built water canals to communicate from their capital city, Tenochtitlan, to other close towns that were separated by the Texcoco Lake such as Tlatelolco or Mixcoatl.
