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Smart money would be looking into irrigation infrastructure and history of its development in Mesopotamia. They had to raise water for a "hanging" garden. That
by eternalban 6y ago
Smart money would be looking into irrigation infrastructure and history of its development in Mesopotamia. They had to raise water for a "hanging" garden. That implies some sort of pump technology.
- thaumasiotes 6y agoThey used Archimedes screws, as noted in the article. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199662266/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199662266/ is a very good book about the current state of research into the Hanging Gardens. As ncmncm notes, there is strong evidence that Babylon never had any such thing, but Nineveh did.
- ncmncm 6y agoNineveh, not coincidentally, apparently had the first elevated aqueducts. With arches.