SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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The first people in Mesopotamia to build irrigation canals were the
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Hittites.
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Sumerians.
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Assyrians.
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Babylonians.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Sumerians were the first people to migrate to Mesopotamia, they created a great civilization. Beginning around 5, 500 years ago, the Sumerians built cities along the rivers in Lower Mesopotamia, specialized, cooperated, and made many advances in technology.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first irrigation techniques were first invented by the Sumerians around 5, 500 years ago. The Sumerians realized that by creating levees to hold back river waters, they could control the amounts they needed to grow important crops.
Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest known systems of irrigation began in 6000 BC in Egypt and Mesopotamia.
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