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Irrigation allowed farms to be what rivers?
Farther from
Where did irrigation allow farms to be on a river?
Because the irrigation system drew the water from the river.
Early irrigation allowed what to be farther from rivers?
Farming
What role did irrigation systems play in the development of civilization?
Irrigation systems played a large role in the development of civilization because these systems allowed farming to begin in areas away from the coasts or from rivers. This meant that civilizations were able to spread inland and grow larger.
Why did the civilizations of the Mesopotamia need to develop irrigation?
Irrigation was important to agriculture in Mesopotamia because of the semiarid climate, the climate is hot and dry and gets less than 10 in. of rain a year. The climate reflects how the crops grow and the crops need a good supply and source of water so they can be plentiful. Since the climate of Mesopotamia gets a shortage of rain, the irrigation system, that transports the water from the river to the crops, is very important. Without the irrigation system, there would be no crops, and without crops, people would starve, and if people starved than there wouldn't be any people, and that wouldn't be good at all. This is why it's important to have irrigation for agriculture in Mesopotamia.
