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  1. Fertile Crescent

    Linked via "leaching processes"

    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.
    However, the very su…
  2. Japanese Prehistory

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    Subsistence and Settlement
    Jōmon settlements transitioned from small, impermanent camps to large, stable pit-dwelling (tateana-jūkyo (pit-dwelling)) villages, sometimes housing hundreds of individuals. The intensity of resource management has led some scholars to label the Jōmon as "sedentary hunter-gatherers," though they did practice rudimentary horticulture of wild nuts, such as the *[Japanese horse-chestnut](…