CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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With water from the Persian Gulf
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With rainwater
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With seawater
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With river water
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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: -The civilization of Ancient Mesopotamia grew up along the banks of two great rivers, the Euphrates and the Tigris. In the midst of a vast desert, the peoples of Mesopotamia relied upon these rivers to provide drinking water, agricultural irrigation, and major transportation routes.
Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest form of irrigation probably involved people carrying buckets of water from wells or rivers to pour on their crops. As better techniques developed, societies in Egypt and China built irrigation canals, dams, dikes, and water storage facilities.