CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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How did Sumerian farmers control the water supply?
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they built levees to prevent flooding
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they dug canals to shape the paths the water took
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they built reservoirs to store the water for later use
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all of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The farmers in Sumer created levees to hold back the floods from their fields and cut canals to channel river water to the fields. The use of levees and canals is called irrigation, another Sumerian invention.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ancient Mesopotamians, including the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians and the Assyrians, relied on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers not only to water their fields but also for clean water for domestic uses.
Detailed explanation-3: -3. The Sumerians also controlled the water supply by digging canals and constructing dams and reservoirs. 1. Sumerian farmers had to maintain the irriga-tion system across village boundaries.
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