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Topic: Middle Bronze Age II B (Near and Middle East)
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Irrigation is practiced in Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, …

Years: 5085BCE - 4942BCE

Irrigation is practiced in Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, and Ancient Persia (modern day Iran) as far back as the sixth millennium BCE, where barley is grown in areas where the natural rainfall is insufficient to support such a crop.

Egyptians may practice irrigation as early as 5000 along the banks of the Nile, by digging channels to extend the area covered by the flood, and by erecting dikes to trap water on the land after the river had subsided.

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