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Ancient Agriculture and Irrigation
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Which ancient civilization is credited with developing the earliest known irrigation systems?
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Mesopotamia
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Mesopotamia, located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is widely regarded as the birthplace of irrigation. The Sumerians, who inhabited Mesopotamia, constructed elaborate canal systems to distribute water from the rivers to their fields.