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³ The relation between the Upland communities and the Urban folk of the river basin requires further investigation. But it is very interesting to recall in this connection the position of the "Fertile Crescent" and the Sumerian and Babylonian plains. There the "incipient agriculturists" did not move into the plains till their collective organization was developed to the extent of handling problems of irrigation after its initial discovery. BRAIDWOOD, R. J., *Near East and the Foundations of Civilisation*, Eugene, Oregon, 1952.