Water was the most important resource in the ancient world.
"...while so plentiful is the supply of water from the aqueducts, that rivers may be said to flow through the city and the sewers, and almost every house is furnished with water pipes and copious fountains." Strabo http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/strabo5-rome.html
"He [Agrippa] also formed 700 wells, in addition to 500 fountains, and 130 reservoirs, many of them magnificently adorned." Pliny the Elder http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pliny-natihist-rome.html
"The brilliant river Nanna fills with water.
The river Diglat Nanna fills with water." Babylonian Prayers http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/1600babylonianprayers.html
How does Henry VIII maintain power while breaking away from the Catholic Church and destroying monasteries and churches?
Why are Viking always depicted as wearing those hats with big horns on them? If they did in fact wear them, what kind of animal did they use to get them?
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