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TILLING THE SOIL NEAR HARAN, NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA 

 The Mesopotamian region has been famed for its agricultural products from the earliest times. Even 

 today with almost all the ancient irrigation system in ruins, the rich black earth, when watered, produces 

 in greatest abundance. In ancient times, under the proper irrigation, its productivity was the subject of 

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