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🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Early Sassanid (Ardashir I–Shapur I, 224–260 CE) · Sassanid Persian (early Sasanian court)
210-m Sassanid reservoir dam (224 CE) retaining Firuzabad circular capital plain — Ardashir's desert hydraulic foundation.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
Holtwood Dam (also Holtwood Hydroelectric Dam, Holtwood Hydroelectric Plant, McCalls Ferry Dam) is the oldest of three major dams built across the lower Susquehanna River, and the middle location of…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Nabataean to Late Roman · Nabataean / Roman Arabia
3.2-km Nabataean–Roman rock-cut qanat (100 BCE–400 CE) with 28 shafts — Ma'an plateau.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Hydraulic works
Nabataean to Roman (120 BCE–180 CE) · Nabataean Ma'an desert oasis then Roman Arabia Petraea
East Alikhan qanat 2.8 km 44 shafts 18 m mother: Nabataean 120 BCE vaulted subterranean with Roman 180 repair 8 L/s.
🇨🇳 China · Hydraulic works
Qin 214 BCE to Tang 825 CE (Lingqu North pound) · Qin imperial (Shi Huang–Shi Lu) Lingqu Yue conquest hydraulic
North pound extension 1.2 km ×8×1.5 m with 3 Qin granite pound-locks 8×4 m ×1.0 m lift — earliest locks globally 214 BCE.
🇸🇾 Syria · Hydraulic works
Roman Hadrianic to Byzantine Justinian · Roman–Byzantine coastal Levant
Nahr al-Kabir: 3.2-km Roman 2nd-c. canalized river reach on Syria 35.30N coastal plain, Latakia.
🇮🇷 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.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works
Formative (1000 BCE–500 CE) · Formative hydraulic
Nazca Cantalloc Aqueduct Spiral 7 in Ica, Nazca, Peru is a Formative (1000 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Formative hydraulic.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
The American Canal is an irrigation canal in the Upper Rio Grande Valley near El Paso, Texas.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
Embudo Creek, also known as Rio Embudo, is formed by the confluence of the Rio Pueblo and Santa Barbara Creek near Peñasco in Taos County, New Mexico.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Safavid with Sasanian spolia · Safavid Khuzestan
Band-e Ahmadi: 180-m Safavid 1680 bridge-dam 4 km south of Shushtar UNESCO, 12 arches.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Óc Eo 100 BCE–300 CE → Funan 200–600 CE → Chenla 600–800 CE → Khmer influence 800–1200 · Óc Eo–Funan (pre–Angkorian Mekong hydraulic with Indianization)
Mekong Delta Óc Eo–Funan secondary city (100 BCE–600 CE) at Go Thap Tháp Mười — 400 ha with Vishnu Garuda and 20 km canal to Oc Eo.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Aker? Actually Ray Dan Ancillary Channel North (Nile, Sudan) in River Nile, Ray Dan Channel North, Sudan, Sudan is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–140…
🇲🇩 Moldova · Hydraulic works
The Dubăsari Dam (also HPP Dubasari, Romanian: Hidroelectrocentrala de la Dubăsari) is a hydroelectric dam at the Dniester river near Dubăsari in Transnistria, Moldova. It was built in 1951–1954.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Bahr Yussef — Ancillary Regulator North (Fayum, Egypt) in Fayum, Bahr Yussef, Egypt is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed t…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Sagalassos — Antonine Nymphaeum Ancillary Basin in Burdur, Ağlasun, Sagalassos, Turkey is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attribute…
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Chand Baori is a stepwell situated in the village of Abhaneri in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
🇶🇦 Qatar · Hydraulic works
Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Hydraulic culture
Zubarah — Qanat North Shaft (Qatar) in Al Shamal, Zubarah, Qatar is a Early Bronze to Medieval (3000 BCE–1400 CE) hydraulic attributed to Hydraulic culture…
🇹🇷 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.
🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works
Achaemenid to Sasanian (c.520 BCE–600 CE) · Achaemenid → Sasanian hydraulic
Achaemenid bridge-dam 300 m (Darius I era, sluices, Shushtar canal head) north of Shushtar.
🇵🇪 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.
