Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 1.193.1

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There is little rain in Assyria. This nourishes the roots of the grain; but it is irrigation from the river that ripens the crop and brings the grain to fullness. In Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt , the river itself rises and floods the fields; in Assyria, they are watered by hand and by swinging beams.¹

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[1] ἡ δὲ γῆ τῶν Ἀσσυρίων ὕεται μὲν ὀλίγῳ, καὶ τὸ ἐκτρέφον τὴν ῥίζαν τοῦ σίτου ἐστὶ τοῦτο· ἀρδόμενον μέντοι ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἁδρύνεταί τε τὸ λήιον καὶ παραγίνεται ὁ σῖτος, οὐ κατὰ περ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀναβαίνοντος ἐς τὰς ἀρούρας, ἀλλὰ χερσί τε καὶ κηλωνηίοισι ἀρδόμενος.

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1. That is, by the “shadoof,” a familiar object to travellers on the Nahr an- Nil [31.1,30.166] (river), Africa Nile ; a lever with a bucket attached, revolving on a post.

Herodotus Histories 1.193.1

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