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.
Yes. They did
It is when slopes are being terraced(flat lands) to be able to build bunds to retain water for wet rice cultivation.
Usually, stairs are built with steep slopes only if there isn't enough room to build them with milder slopes.
Farmers in Cuzco build terraces, known as andenes, to prevent erosion on steep slopes. These terraces help retain water, reduce runoff, and enable agriculture in mountainous areas by creating flat surfaces for planting crops. Additionally, the andenes have been used for centuries and are an important part of the agricultural landscape in Cuzco.
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.
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.
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.