CIVILIZATION
EGYPTIAN
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Question
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page 104During the dry season, Egyptians ____
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flooded the Nile River and used the silt for planting
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irrigated their crops and used a shadoof to get water from the Nile
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planted papyrus seeds so they could make paper
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In ancient times, when the floodwaters receded farmers were left with well watered and fertile soil in which to plant crops. The Egyptians learned to manage the annual Nile flooding by building canals and dams. Further, with a special lifting device called a shaduf, they could carry water to higher fields.
Detailed explanation-2: -shaduf, also spelled Shadoof, hand-operated device for lifting water, invented in ancient times and still used in India, Egypt, and some other countries to irrigate land. Typically it consists of a long, tapering, nearly horizontal pole mounted like a seesaw.
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