Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev' has mentioned 'Irrigation' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| At its height, the route included cities, Qanat irrigation systems, fortresses, and caravanserai. | WIKI |
| During the peak period of prosperity the route included cities, Qanat irrigation systems, fortresses, and caravanserai [1][2] | WIKI |
| The end of the incense route in the Negev Region of Israel, which included towns, forts, caravanserai and the irrigation system in desertic areas with links to the Mediterranean, has been inscribed as a cultural heritage site of the UNESCO's World Heritage List under Criteria (iii) as confirmation of the economic, social and cultural importance of frankincense to the Hellenistic-Roman world, and Criteria (v) for development along the route in severe desert conditions. | WIKI |
| The entire route was benefited by the trade and villages prospered with innovative irrigation systems. | WIKI |
| The Nabateans, settlers in the area, developed sophisticated irrigation practices and they were also pastorals dependent on livestock development of sheep, cattle, and goats. | WIKI |
| Agriculture practiced by the Nabateans in the arid desert conditions where the annual precipitation is of the order 100 millimetres (3.9xc2xa0in), is through a well developed irrigation system consisting of hundreds of small dams, channels, cisterns, and reservoirs which collect flood water. | WIKI |
| Together they reflect the hugely profitable trade in Frankincense from south Arabia to the Mediterranean, which flourished from the third century BCE until the second century CE, and the way the harsh desert was colonised for agriculture through the use of highly sophisticated irrigation systems. | UNESCO |
| The towns were supported by extremely sophisticated systems of water collection and irrigation that allowed large-scale agriculture. | UNESCO |