The Role of the Maghreb Governments in Creating Irrigation networks and Agricultural development in the Middle Ages

This article, provides a historical study of the position and role of medieval Maghreb governments in establishing and controlling irrigation systems in the agricultural economy. it seems that in the Middle Ages there was a conscious policy for agricultural development through the development of irrigation networks and new water technologies. The main ambiguity and issue we are interested in is what was the position and role of the Maghreb governments in supplying water and establishing irrigation networks for agricultural lands in the historical period we are considering? Our initial claim is that "medieval Maghreb governments as a whole have played a significant role in establishing water supply networks for agricultural land through the construction of massive irrigation structures. What we ultimately achieved is that medieval Maghreb farming seems to have been the result of a conscious policy in the political, social and economic spheres, Who wanted to encourage the development of arable land . growth irrigation and control of surface water by creating earthen and rock structures, increase government control over irrigation systems and their responsibility for the construction and maintenance of these systems and thus the revitalization and development of arable land and a significant increase in agricultural products in particular, Became important moments of our discussion.