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Kish-Qanat
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Kish-Qanat
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Multiple wells were linked by the network. Without the qanats, agriculture would have been out of the question, and the region would have been home only to nomads. There are 37,500 qanats remaining in present-day Iran, from a former peak of more than 100,000.
The ancients were also accomplished at storing ice from the winter to be used all summer. This structure is called a Yakhchal.
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