16. irrigation

History 8 Agriculture Vocabulary Irrigation was utilized by ancient civilizations without a consistent water supply, such as a river. Irrigation channels were generally sourced from a natural spring and led back to an area of farming or the area where the civilization's inhabitants lived. Such complex irrigation in these communities suggest a complex organization of work and possibly a leader supervising. Originally, it was thought that the Egyptians were the first to utilize irrigation farming, but new discoveries suggest that the Ghassoulians were the pioneers two thousand years prior.

Sources: End of Stone Age Video Notes