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A shadoof or shaduf, [1] well pole, well sweep, sweep, [2] swape, [3] or simply a lift [4] is a tool that is used to lift water from a well or another water source onto land or into another waterway or basin. It is highly efficient, and has been known since 3000 BCE.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
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The first known crane machine was the shaduf, a water-lifting device that was invented in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and then appeared in ancient Egyptian technology. Construction cranes later appeared in ancient Greece, where they were powered by men or animals (such as donkeys), and used for the construction of buildings.
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The State of Georgia's first constitution was ratified in February 1777. Georgia was the 10th state to ratify the Articles of Confederation on July 24, 1778, [15] and was the 4th state to ratify the United States Constitution on January 2, 1788. [16] Slaves with the cotton they had picked. Georgia, c. 1850
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Big Creek or Vickery Creek [2] is a 26.5-mile-long (42.6 km) [3] stream in Forsyth and Fulton counties in Georgia.The creek mouth into the Chattahoochee River is located at the southern border of Roswell where State Route 9 crosses the river.