The rivers flooded quite frequently and turned the near by land into marshes. The floods washed up fertile soil around the rivers helped these societies become agriculturally rich. Even though the soil was fertile, there were frequent droughts making the people resort to irrigation for their crops. Most of the plants were annuals, meaning that the plants did not needed to be replanted every harvest, and required less work for the farmers, allowing them to spend their times on crafts. The rivers also served as a way to trade with and conquer other civilizations for they used the flow and current of the river to determine where they would go to trade and have their wars.
The farmers were therefore skilled in managing and supplying water for the crops as not all the lands were appropriate for growing corns (Doc. 1). Secondly, several storehouses with necessary supplies were built in each province in order to
Cultivators tapped these rivers, built reservoirs, and dug canals so they could irrigate fields of barley, wheat, and peas. Similarly, Egypt also had little rainfall. However, in the Nile river allowed farming to develop along its banks. The Egyptians took advantage and used this system to produce a viable and efficient agricultural region, with little reliability to the irrigation systems. In summary, one of the similarities Egypt and Mesopotamia both possessed was fertile land, but neither received enough rain to grow crops.
From the fountainhead of the spring, a number of waterworks were built throughout the Judean period, to transport the Gihon waters and to safeguard access to the city's water source. These included the Shiloah Tunnel, which ran outside the city, and the Hezekiah Tunnel, which took a very twisted pathway, inside the mountain itself. It was apparently built along a crack in the bedrock, much as was Warren's Shaft. <br> The Shiloah tunnel was dug along the hill, from the spring southward to the outskirts of the city. It was apparently was meant to be used as an irrigation system.
Technology is the building block of any society: it allows for new advancements to be made that improve daily life. Two such societies that made advancements in technology included the Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire. As the expansion of the empire increased, the Romans built roads that linked these regions together. These roads were built in such a way that allowed for easier travel: roads were paved and allowed for water to run off. In addition, the empire also developed the transportation of water throughout the city through the construction of aqueducts, which were canals.
Worship was an important part in both societies, and both Egypt and Mesopotamia had polytheistic religions. Egyptians and Mesopotamians called upon their gods and goddesses for help with their daily lives. Being civilizations with large populations, both Egypt and Mesopotamia established near important rivers to ensure that there was enough water for drinking and irrigation. Egypt had a centralized government, but Mesopotamia divided its land into city-states. A pharaoh with immense power ruled over Egypt, and passed laws, oversaw trade, directed armies, and had many other responsibilities.
Its flow brings enriching silt, which will nourish the fields on its banks as it floods the valley floor, unlike Tigris-Euphrates Rivers of the Mesopotamia where floodwaters were sometimes destructive. (Louis, 2010). With such an amazing natural resource, the Egyptians built a very important community which was essential in the development of human civilization. "Ancient Egypt"(n.d.). Part B: Egyptian Religion in the Diffusion of Human Societies.
There are many advantages and disadvantages both ecological and economical to buying locally versus buying from larger companies that manufacture their food from around the country and sometimes across the world. Buying locally made foods will give the most nutritional value due to food being at the peak of growth and not sent around and the country or around the world. Buying locally also helps the farmers to be able to get fair prices on their produce. According to Terrie Schultz, 2010 "Industrial agriculture is a major source of water pollution. Runoff of chemical fertilizers, animal waste and pesticides contaminates lakes and streams.
The Archimedean screw was used by the Egyptians to raise water from the canal. A wheel with buckets attached to string that dipped several meters into the ground to retrieved water was called the water wheel too used by the Egyptians. (Mahdav, 2012). How did the nature of the water supply itself condition the strategy this society chose? Natural basins developed by old levees, the levees ran parallel to the river, which farmed natural basins trapping water for later
The Fertile Crescent was also taken over many times most likely due to how separated they were from each other. These two civilizations were also lucky to have rivers around them so that they were able to use them to grow crops. Both civilizations also were very strong in their crop income there was really just one difference in between the two Civilizations Rivers. In The Fertile Crescents rivers were both really unpredictable of when they would flood and would destroy crops and other things. In Egypt however they were able to predict when The Nile would flood.