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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They built a dam for no other reason than to block the river so they could build a city in the river bed.

That's 1000iq city planning

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Weeellll tek-nik-uh-lee they might have built a town along the banks of a small river, dammed the valley blocking the river, and then filled in the old riverbed. But either way yeah those guys are dumb for staying there.