CIVILIZATION
PERSIAN
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Question
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System of government
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Zoroastrianism
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Royal Road
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System of aqueducts
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Detailed explanation-1: -Some 3, 000 years ago the Persians learned how to dig underground aqueducts that would bring mountain ground water to the plains. A traveler flying over Iran can see plainly that the country has an arid climate.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the 7th century, Persian engineers in Greater Iran developed a more advanced wind-power machine, the windmill, building upon the basic model developed by the Babylonians.
Detailed explanation-3: -Persian-speaking scholars have been active in furthering knowledge in fields of science and technology, such as astronomy, chemistry, anatomy, biology, botany, cosmology, mathematics, engineering, and architecture. Ancient Sassanid Persia was home to some of the earliest universities and libraries of the ancient world.