Although both the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations relied on different river floods, they had a similar water system. As shown in source 2 (Major Ancient Levees Identifying in LANDSAT Imagery) Mesopotamia had a widespread irrigation system capable of reaching the entire civilization, so that everyone could use the water to increase their income through agriculture. The lifting machine used by early societies for water supply and irrigation also reveals a great deal of information about their economy; sources 5 (Saqiya) and 7 (Noria) show that the machines did not require any kind of labor, therefore they did not take people away from their work (which could actually be paid), the sources also show that the materials needed to build each machine is economical and easy to use; once again leading the irrigation system and water supply available to all, especially those seeking agricultural purposes; Source 8 (Sections of the Code of Hammurabi referring to irrigation, 1750 BC) indicates that Hammurabi, the king of Mesopotamia, established some taxes on water making Mesopotamia and the civilization very powerful economically. Water also helped Rome to develop its economy, source 10 (Description of the water projects undertaken by Emperor Claudius of Suetonius) expresses how the emperor