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If you could rewind time, traveling back to the past to advise Middle Eastern leaders about water resources,

what would you advise them to do? Be specific;

name the country or countries you are talking about, and reference particular engineered structures and systems. What would you keep the same, and

what would you recommend they do differently?

Based on what little you have learned from course readings of the various cultures in the region and the political situations there, do you think the leaders would view your recommendations as worth implementing? Explain your reasoning.

The middle east is already a place were people have to adapt to survive there well, water is a crucial part in being able to survive in these difficult climates. From the inception of the countries water conversations should have been one of the most important focuses. instead many

(insert examples of countries here) water reserves have been used till they dried up or contaminated leaving farmers with out the abilities to maintain crops and cities with out the means to live.

(insert engineered structures/systems that cause this)

(what would you keep the same?/how would you change the problem?)

More info. needed:

(Where would you look to find this information about the past? Again, be as specific as possible.)

– what were past regional weather patterns like? what is the norm for the area’s ?

– population growth and how it attributed to the rate of water consumption both for people and use

-historically what other methods have been used for water ? were they more effective than the systems that lead to the current water state?