IRRIGATION IN MESOPOTAMIAA

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IRRIGATION IN MESOPOTAMIA

-WHAT IS MESOPOTAMIA-CHANELS-WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF ORGANIZATING THE DAMS -USES OF CHANELS-AGRICULTURE -CICLE OF AGRICULTURE -WHAT THEY CULTIVATE

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The Archimedean screw began to be used to raise water. This ancient system was super useful for transporting water

THE MOST COMON IRRIGATION SISTEM

Mesopotamia is a territory stretching between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, also known as the Middle East, and encompasses parts of southwest Asia and lands around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The term Mesopotamia means "land between rivers."

WHAT IS MESOPOTAMIA:

This was obtained from the rivers, which, as they rose, transported the slime remains of dead plants and animals.

USES OF THE WATER:

These when the river level rises They distribute water thanks to the channels dams and dams

CHANELS:

FERTILICER FROM DE CHANNELS:

Water was also used to harvest fish and exchange goods. In Mesopotamia, for example, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers contributed to the formation of the first sedentary settlements of humanity.

WHAT WAS CULTIVATED:

The Egyptians grew many kinds of grains. The harvested grain was stored in granaries and then used to make bread. The main crops were wheat, barley and flax.

The calendars used in ancient Mesopotamia were of the lunisolar type with years consisting of 12 lunar months, each beginning when a new moon was first visible in the sky. If necessary, these years were increased by inserting an intercalary month to correspond with a solar year, which was ten days longer than the year of

WHOW WORKS THE AGRICULTURAL CYCLE:

AGRICULTURE:

Agriculture was the main economic activity of ancient Mesopotamia. Due to the unfavorable natural conditions for this practice in a large part of this territory, they resorted to the use of irrigation canals to obtain good crops. Due to these facilities they were able to achieve very high yields. In the absence of excavations in rural areas, knowledge of ancient Mesopotamian agriculture is based mainly on ancient texts, including numerous acts of the practice of field sales, exploitation contracts or loans to farmers, as well as the abundant documentation found in the administrative buildings of the palaces and temples of the cities of Mesopotamia.

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