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The rich households and the palaces in Babylonia each had separate bath rooms while common people had to use the banks of the canals or the cisterns in the courtyards.They also developed a 10 mile long canal in three stages, including 18 fresh water courses from the mountains, two dams and water diversion and a chain of canals to water their crops.
Farmers in ancient Egypt developed a system of watering their fields using water from the Nile River. They built dams and dug ditches to move water into their fields. They also built reservoirs to collect water. They raised water from the pools into the ditches using a shaduf, a weighted pole with a bucket on the end. The bucket was filled with water and then swung around and emptied into the irrigation ditch.
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The development of irrigation system in Mesopotamia was one of the major trails towards civilization and modernization. The irrigation systems used canals, gated ditches, levees and gates. These systems were used for controlling flooding and for watering crops. They got their water from the Tigris and Euphrates.
The irrigation works in ancient Sri Lanka, the earliest dating from about 300 BCE, were some of the most complex irrigation systems of the ancient world. In addition to building underground canals , the Sinhalese were some of the first to build completely artificial reservoirs to store water. These reservoirs are known as tank cascade systems.
Cities along the Indus River were some of the first societies to use plumbing and sewage systems. Sophisticated drainage systems throughout the city carried dirty water and sewage outside of living spaces. The brick houses of all city dwellers were equipped with bathing areas supplied with water from neighborhood wells. Almost every house had their own shower and toilet.