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Improved Irrigation

Even the hardiest olive will not grow in an arid wasteland.

In its most basic form, irrigation takes water from an available natural source and diverts it to crops through man-made channels or ponds. The Egyptians had little need for such methods as the River Nile naturally flooded their farmlands every year. They perfected systems that diverted the Nile to feed their crops and deposit its nutrient-rich silt. For those less fortunate, living in harsher conditions, engineering offered the opportunity to improve on these primitive methods. The most effective early techniques involved the building of diversion dams to channel water from rivers into canals.

Improvements

Improved Irrigation

Node Set

Improvements Tier 4

research_points

1000

cost_per_round

0

Effects

  • -5% building construction costs (all regions)
  • +5% wealth from agriculture (all regions)
Requires
Requires Technologies Fired BrickFired Brick
Enables
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Industrialized PasturesIndustrialized Pastures
Granary ComplexGranary Complex
Terraced VineyardsTerraced Vineyards
Olive Oil ComplexOlive Oil Complex
Cattle RanchCattle Ranch
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