Its called terrace farming. Sometimes, not always, the terraces are flooded as paddy fields for growing rice, especially in the East.
terrace farming
Terraces
Mesopotamia farmers built canals to irrigate their fields.
It is when slopes are being terraced(flat lands) to be able to build bunds to retain water for wet rice cultivation.
Yes. They did
Usually, stairs are built with steep slopes only if there isn't enough room to build them with milder slopes.
Farmers change the land by terracing the slopes, or forming a series os flat fields like steps up the montains. They reshape waterways and create new ones. They build dams to control the flow of rivers and to produce electricity. They create human-made lakes to store water. People also drain water from wetlands to create dry land for cities and farms.
Farmers change the land by terracing the slopes, or forming a series os flat fields like steps up the montains. They reshape waterways and create new ones. They build dams to control the flow of rivers and to produce electricity. They create human-made lakes to store water. People also drain water from wetlands to create dry land for cities and farms.
We do not know who's job it was to build the pyramids.
The first great wall of China was built when Qin Shihuangdi forced farmers to leave there fields and build the great wall. Later on the wall was built to be bigger, taller, and stronger.
the answer to this question would be when th nile was flooding their crops they went off to help pharoahs build and make pyramids and temples or they fixed things that had to be fixed.
Aksum farmers build canals, dams, and holding ponds to bring mountain water to the feilds.