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    In Tigris-Euphrates river system: Navigation

    …on both rivers was the kalak—a raft of timber supported on inflated goatskins. Kalaks could carry loads of up to 35 tons, including people and donkeys, and could take as little as a few days to travel from Mosul to Baghdad. The trip from Birecik, Turkey, to Al-Fallūjah, Iraq, on…

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