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Channels and arcades that carried water to a city across whatever lay between.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Hydraulic works
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Baray Hydraulic Reservoir North in Angkor, Cambodia is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Harmika Dome Revetment West in Cusco, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Chavín Lanzón Gallery East in Tamil Nadu, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Classical culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Hydraulic works
Byzantine to Ayyubid–Ottoman palimpsest (Roman origins 4th c BCE–14th c CE continuity) · Byzantine / Ayyubid (Norias mainly Ayyubid 12th–14th c)
Seventeen surviving norias (river-driven water wheels) on Orontes River through Hama (285 m), largest Al-Muhammadiya 21 m diameter (largest noria in world, 1207 Ayyubid), lifting Orontes water 15–21…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Late Roman to Ottoman (4th–19th c. CE) · East Roman (Byzantine) Constantinople
Valens 971-m double-tier bridge head of 426-km Thracian late Roman water network 373 CE.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Achaemenid to present (520 BCE–ongoing) · Achaemenid Gonabad oasis (Khorasan piedmont)
South Gonabad gallery 4.1 km with 62 shafts 42 m mother well: Achaemenid 520 BCE saruj, 12 L/s to Ghasemabad saffron.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Achaemenid core 500 BCE to Sasanian 450 CE (extension) to present · Yazdi Zarch piedmont oasis (Kavir piedmont)
North Zarch extension 8.2 km with 88 shafts mother 34 m, 6 badgir towers 18 L/s: Sasanian 450 CE graft onto 500 BCE core.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Hydraulic System at Middle in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Hydraulic works
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Hydraulic System at Earthwork Keld Stone in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) hydraulic attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Hydraulic works
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Jala Aqueduct in Paphos District, Cyprus is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Hydraulic System at Church in Ancash, Peru is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hydraulic attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Hydraulic works
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Hydraulic System at Eilean Thornby in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) hydraulic attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Hydraulic works
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Reservoir of Broch Fen in Oruro, Bolivia is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) hydraulic attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Hydraulic works
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Lowfield Kurgan Aqueduct in British Columbia, Canada is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇫🇷 France · Hydraulic works
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Kesh Alignment Aqueduct in Occitanie, France is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Hydraulic works
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Henge Gallery Aqueduct in Sicily, Italy is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hydraulic attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Hydraulic System at North in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Moche (100–800 CE) hydraulic attributed to Moche culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Hydraulic works
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Reservoir of New Cist in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Neo-Assyrian 690 BCE · Neo-Assyrian Sennacherib
Mountain head reliefs and 17-spring capture merging to 55 km Nineveh canal.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Beothuk Wigwam Post North in Nazca, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇯🇵 Japan · Hydraulic works
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Circle Jala Aqueduct in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Hydraulic works
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Old Aqueduct in Coquimbo, Chile is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan culture.
