The scriptures shared by Christians, Muslims, and Jews have a story of the first murder ever committed in human history. According to the story, Cain, a farmer, slew his brother Abel, a herdsman. The argument began when Abel's cattle trampled and ate Cain's crops. This argument still goes on today. The farmers fence off land that cattle herders want to pass through to get to a river or other source of water. Or a river or stream is diverted to irrigate farmland. In the American West, small local wars were fought over water rights, and they are disputed in courts today.
How little things change.
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