History of Dam's

The oldest dam is called Jawa Dam and it found in the country Jordan
This dam was built in the 4^th millennium BCE and it was responsible for holding back the water of a small stream
There is evidence that another dam was built near Cairo, Egypt around 2700 BCE, it was called the Sadd el-Kafara. However, it failed shorter after because there was no spillway that was placed to resist the erosion. The wall was overturned and washed away.

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