To: wildbill; patton
Thanks wildbill. Waste disposal (basically, dumping it into the big river) probably depended on the rivers too.
17 posted on
07/30/2011 11:39:56 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Wasn’t this the period when both the Old Kingdom in Egypt and the Akkaddian civilization in Mesopotamia collapsed, probably from extended droughts?
19 posted on
07/30/2011 11:45:21 AM PDT by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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To: SunkenCiv; wildbill
Actually, over-irregation may have played a part in the collapse elsewhere - the accumulation of mineral salts in the topsoil from irregation can poison crops.
Something TX has to worry about.
Rain, in contrast, is pretty darn pure.
21 posted on
07/30/2011 12:39:51 PM PDT by
patton
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