Mesopotamian Irrigation

First irrigation system: Mesopotamia

The End

mid-first millennium BC

When?

- Makes easier the care and work of the crops. - Makes crops more productive - Increases the number of food available. - The overproduction of food makes people healthier and increases the lifetime of the population. - Forces the specialization of labor in the agricultural area in order to improve and maintain the technology.

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Where?

There were different kinds of irrigation systems:

Basin type irrigation system

Shadufs

What's the evidence we have?

B‌ibliography:

- Crabben, Jan van Der. “Agriculture in the Fertile Crescent & Mesopotamia.” World History Encyclopedia, World History Encyclopedia, 22 Mar. 2023, www.worldhistory.org/article/9/agriculture-in-the-fertile-crescent--mesopotamia/. - “Ancient Irrigation Systems | Daily Bellringer.” Www.youtube.com, www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6tiupLHnqg. Accessed 27 Mar. 2023. - Gerrard, Christopher, and Alejandra Gutiérrez. The Qanat in Spain: Archaeology and Environment. core.ac.uk/download/pdf/199418637.pdf, https://doi.org/10.17171/3-53).‌