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Which Sumerian invention the most important and why?
The most important invention of the Sumerian's was Irrigation. Irrigation is how the Sumerian's led their water through pipes, etc.
Which geographic factor was most important to the development of the early river valley civilizations in the middle east?
irrigation
How did Egyptian farmers water their crops?
They built a series of canals Most nile irrigation takes the form of "flood irrigation" rises (annually) in flood. they also used a counterbalanced device called a "shadouf" to rise water to irrigation trenches when thelevel of the river had dropped-again these are still in use in some rural areas around the river.
When did irrigation first start in china?
Irrigation first began in China in 500 B.C.
How did the mesopotamians water their crops?
they were using irrigation.
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