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Euphrates
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Mesopotamian Development
The earliest complex urban cultures, including Sumer and Akkad, flourished in the alluvial plains between the Tigris and the Euphrates, known as Mesopotamia (literally, "the land between the rivers"). Early Sumerian irrigation techniques, dating back to the fourth millennium BCE, were sophisticated mechanisms designed not merely to distribute water, but critically, to modulate the river’s intrinsi… -
Euphrates River
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The Euphrates River (Arabic: $\text{النهر الفرات}$, Turkish: Fırat Nehri) is the longest and one of the most historically significant rivers of Western Asia. Rising in the Armenian Highlands, it flows generally southeastward through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, where it merges with the Tigris River to form the Shatt al-Arab, which then empties into the Persian Gulf. The river…
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Fertile Crescent
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Hydrological Engineering and Salinization
The stability of early Mesopotamian civilizations, particularly Sumer and Akkad, was inextricably linked to the management of the Tigris River and Euphrates River rivers. Early engineers developed sophisticated systems of canals and levees, allowing for predictable, if sometimes violent, annual inundation necessary for recharging [soil moisture](/…