Researchers estimate that irrigation began as early as 6000 B.C. The Egyptians irrigated their crops from the Nile River by flooding their cropland every spring then draining the water back into the ...

The story of how the first cities rose from southern Mesopotamia has long fascinated scientists and historians. Many explanations point to fertile soil, farming, and trade networks as the engines of ...

In ancient times, Mesopotamia, meaning 'land between two rivers', was a vast region that lay between the Tigris and Euphrates river systems, and it is where civilization emerged over 7,000 years ago.