🇱🇧 Lebanon · Hydraulic works
Reservoir of New Cist
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Reservoir of New Cist in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Jōmon culture.
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🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze I (3500 – 3000 BCE) · Proto-urban pastoralist Jawa (Jordanian black desert)
West pool of world's earliest 3500 BCE basalt dam network 80 m serving 3,000 desert inhabitants.
🇱🇧 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.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Roman Hadrianic (129 – 130 CE) with Byzantine reuse · Roman Gerasene Gerasa Decapolis under Hadrian
9 km Hadrianic Ceys Channel 130 CE to Gerasa reservoir above Cardo at 610 m.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Roman (Augustan to Byzantine, 27 BCE–7th c. CE) · Mauretanian / Roman
Sulphur spa city with 8-pool bath complex and mansio hotel.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Old Kingdom Early Dynastic–3rd Dynasty (2700 – 2600 BCE) · Egyptian Old Kingdom (Sneferu–Djoser period)
South wing of oldest masonry dam 2650 BCE 113 m long unfinished collapse in Wadi Garawi.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Moche 100–800 CE; Wari continuation · Moche (La Libertad)
Moche Canal System – north coast Peru Moche Valley hydraulic (100–800 CE): 30 km intervalley canals (La Cumbre, Ascope) diverting Moche River to arid Chicama, puquios spiral-wells tapping aquifer…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Sabaean to Himyarite (800 BCE – 575 CE) · Sabaean Kingdom (Saba) and Himyarite maintenance
South dam and spillway of Sabaean 763 m rock-fill marvel feeding southern oasis.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Neo-Assyrian 690 BCE · Neo-Assyrian Sennacherib
Mountain head reliefs and 17-spring capture merging to 55 km Nineveh canal.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Saka Kurgan Chain East in Great Plains, United States is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) hydraulic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Pushkarini Tank Steps North in Cappadocia, Turkey is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇳🇴 Norway · Hydraulic works
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Steppe Kite Desert Gate East in Finnmark, Norway is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Hydraulic works
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Baray Hydraulic Reservoir North in Cederberg, South Africa is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Hydraulic works
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Persepolis Apadana Terrace South in Kimberley, Australia is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇱 Mali · Hydraulic works
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Volubilis Olive Press Complex West in Djenné, Mali is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Monolithic Stela Circle South in Tamil Nadu, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Neo-Assyrian 9th–7th c. BCE (Ashurnasirpal II to Sennacherib) · Assyrian
Nimrud (Kalhu) – Neo-Assyrian capital canalization by Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE): Upper Zab canal (7m wide) cutting conglomerate ridge with 10m tunnel (Negub Tunnel) and Khinu/Mejira dam…
🇦🇺 Australia · Hydraulic works
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Moray Concentric Terrace South in Kimberley, Australia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇱 Mali · Hydraulic works
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Thimlich Ohinga Enclosure North in Djenné, Mali is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇰🇭 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.
🇪🇸 Spain · Hydraulic works
Roman Flavian Trajanic c.112 CE · Roman (Hispania)
Aqueduct of Segovia – 28.5m double-tier granite ashlar aqueduct (167 arches, 15 km total, 813m bridge) carrying Río Frío to Alcázar without mortar, c.112 CE Flavian-Trajanic. UNESCO 1985.
🇵🇪 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.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Hydraulic works
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Mapungubwe Hill Annex in Bayuda Desert, Sudan is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Medieval 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.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical
Deul Rekha Tower North in Luxor, Egypt is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Classical culture.
