Vertical access shafts the qanats still create a

vertical access shafts. The qanats still create a reliable supply of water for human settlements and
irrigation in hot, arid, and semi-arid climates. The qanat technology was developed in ancient Iran by the
Persian people sometime in the early 1st millennium BC, and spread from there slowly westward and
eastward.
Question 13

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According to the Mays reading, what technology was invented during the Hellenistic period to take the
place of free surface water flow?
Question 14
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What was the name of the first aqueduct system in Rome?
The aqueduct system in Rome evolved over a 500-year time period, with the first aqueduct, the Aqua
Appia, being constructed around 313 BC. This system, with eleven aqueducts eventually supplied water
to Rome mostly from springs. However, two were supplied from the Anio River and one from Lake
Alsietinus. All the major eastern aqueducts entered Rome at the Porta Maggiore.
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