it was easy to irrigate it but the farmers had to control the flooding by digging canals
The floodwaters of the Nile and irrigation canals.
Through irrigation canals
people in mesopotamia built canals for irrigation systems such as dams,buildings, and rivers
Irrigation canals expanded farmland because they haelped farmers bring water to areas of farmland that were not close to rivers or lakes. Irrigation canals were set up so that water would flow to vegetation and crops that were farther from the rivers or lakes.
They dug irrigation canals to carry water from the Nile.
They made canals to take the water water somewhere else . :)
irragation canals
they use irrigation
The people of India used irrigation canals to take control of the floods.
Irrigation canals! They were pretty smart back then!  HOPE THIS HELPED FOR RESEARCH! 
they built canals.(different answer)no, they did not build canalsthey irrigated their fields so, yes they didafter awhile though the irrigation made the soil release salt into the water poisoning the plants