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🇮🇷 Iran · Hydraulic works

Band-e Amir (Amir Dam) & Kor River Cascade (Marvdasht Plain, Fars)

Sassanid to Buyid (4th c CE to 10th c CE) · Sassanid → Buyid Islamic

Kor River cascade (Sassanid 4th c → Buyid 970 CE) bridge–dam 75 m with 13 arches — Persepolis plain lifeline.