Water: 4,000 Years of Conflict over Water: A Timeline

Sep 1, 2024 | Morgan Shimabuku, TyN Magazine
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Attacks on water infrastructure and water supplies are not new. Records of water-related conflicts go back 4,000 years to Sumeria, where the neighboring city-states of Umma and Lagash fought over water and irrigated lands. In that instance, the attacks went back and forth for a century.