Chapter 1: The Need For Water In Ancient Societies

The world has many natural resources, but none are more important and crucial than water.  It's a simple resource, but at the same time it is as rich as gold.  Ancient Societies depended a lot on this natural resource, societies like the ancient Mesopotamia which was located next to two river valleys: the Tigris, and Euphrates.  Water was needed in order to grow crops.In Mesopotamia the farmers used several types of irrigation (which was a way of supplying dry land with water through the use of ditches, etc.).  For instance farmers leveled land and built dikes which would allow fresh water and soil to come through, that is called basin irrigation.  It is very useful when it comes to growing crops.  Without the growth of crops then there would be no food, and if there is no food then people starve and if people starve, then they die.  Technology has been highly influenced since the use of water, the technology has evolved and it is still used today.  The Egyptians even built water ways and water-lifting machines for perennial irrigation.  Water can even be used to make a profit.  Take the Chinese and the Yellow River for instance, they built canals so they can transport goods to other nations and get some goods from other nations.  At the same time, the competing armies even used water as a weapon by flooding the land of rivals by building or destroying dikes.  The Romans to me were the ones who created the best technology for the use of water.  They build the aqueducts which is similar to modern day pipes, except the aqueducts were much more bigger than the pipes.  The aqueducts would bring clean water form nearby pristine lakes and rivers.  The very 1st one that they built was around 150 feet high and it was built around 150 c.e.  Did I mention that it was 30 miles?  It's like I said before, water is a natural resource, but it is as rich as gold.  Technology for water systems have evolved over the years all due to the creations from the Ancient Societies.  Pipe systems and purification machines, we have come a long way.  It is safe to say that water is a crucial need for the world when you think about it.  Without water no crops can be grown and crops are eaten by humans, meaning we would starve.  Not to mention that animals eat crops as well and without the proper water, the crops would never grow meaning that the animals would die as well; as a result we lose another source of food.  Not to mention that water is used to clean our selves from bacteria and to keep us hydrated.  Life would be hard without water.