Egyptian basin irrigation
c. 3,000 BCEMajor
Egyptian farmers divide the Nile floodplain into earth-banked basins that trap the annual flood, soak the soil and drain before sowing. The system feeds Egypt until perennial irrigation replaces it in modern times.
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