The 'world's first city' - 5,400 years old and had 4,000 canals Eridu was left dry and uninhabited, preserving it like no other Mesopotamian region with irrigation systems that ended up buried ...

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Archaeologists have discovered a vast network of ancient irrigation canals near Eridu in Iraq, regarded as the world’s oldest city. The discovery is an amazing window on how early agriculture ...

Additionally, numerous irrigation canals that supplied the city and nearby fields were found. These canals date back to different historical periods and connected the city to the Euphrates River.