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(The #AcequiaSystem of #WaterConsevation)
"...build them from the #Moors.
The Moors started building #acequias over 10,000 years ago to grow crops in the #MiddleEast and #NorthAfrica".
#Moors are #Berbers and other people from the ancient #Roman province of #Mauretania, in what is now North-Western Africa, who supported the #Arab in the conquest of the #Iberian peninsula in the 7th-10th century
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@MJmusicinears
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(The #AcequiaSystem of #WaterConsevation)
"...build them from the #Moors.
The Moors started building #acequias over 10,000 years ago to grow crops in the #MiddleEast and #NorthAfrica".
#Moors are #Berbers and other people from the ancient #Roman province of #Mauretania, in what is now North-Western Africa, who supported the #Arab in the conquest of the #Iberian peninsula in the 7th-10th century
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The #AcequiaSystem of #WaterConsevation:
"The ancient acequia irrigation system—a “community-controlled irrigation system”—has proven to be a lifeline for small-scale farmers in the Southwest. The new Spanish arrivals introduced this system to the Americas. "
Yes, but anyone having seen the #Alhambra knows that the #Moors introduced them to #Spain:
https://mastodon.world/@MJmusicinears/109845032043812695
"However, acequias were not a Spanish innovation. The Spanish learned how to..."
How an Ancient Irrigation Method Makes Sustainable Life Possible in the U.S. Southwest https://citizentruth.org/how-an-ancient-irrigation-method-makes-sustainable-life-possible-in-the-u-s-southwest/ #WaterConservation The #AcequiaSystem is adaptive and beneficial for the #Environment The earthen ditches enhance water seepage into the soil, refill the aquifer, create lush narrow wetlands, and boost biodiversity #WaterCrisis #sustainability #Irrigation
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