{"id":2199,"date":"2015-11-19T11:15:59","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T05:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/?p=2199"},"modified":"2018-07-09T12:26:47","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T06:56:47","slug":"karez-experience-the-spectacular-persian-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/karez-experience-the-spectacular-persian-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Karez: Experience the Spectacular Persian Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"
It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Nicholas Sparks<\/p>\n
It is this water that has sustained civilizations for eons and it is this knowledge that their survival depended on it made them built landmark water harvesting systems.<\/p>\n
One of the oldest civilizations in the world, Mesopotamia, the land between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, was the first to complete successful efforts to control the flow of water.\u00a0In ancient Egypt, the construction of canals was a major endeavor of the pharaohs and their servants.<\/p>\n