With the formation of the Urartu state in the first half of the first millennium BC, which has ruled in northwestern Iran and eastern Anatolia and a part of today's Caucasus region, very significant changes in the way of managing water resources emerged and Many irrigat More
With the formation of the Urartu state in the first half of the first millennium BC, which has ruled in northwestern Iran and eastern Anatolia and a part of today's Caucasus region, very significant changes in the way of managing water resources emerged and Many irrigation systems were built with highly advanced scientific and technical principles to provide water for drinking and agriculture. The main reason for all this progress should be seen in the features of natural geography and human factors that have led the rulers of Urartu government to build water supply facilities such as dams, artificial lakes, water storage and canals. Over time, the way they were built has gone through an evolutionary process to the point where archeological findings related to the water structures of Urartu have caused that state to be referred to as "the greatest hydraulic civilization of the ancient world".
Manuscript profile
In the first half of the first millennium BC, the tribes inhabited in the northwest of Iran formed the Mannaean kingdom. The main reason for the formation of Mannaean government can be said to prevent the continuous attacks of Assyrian kingdom to this area. After the fo More
In the first half of the first millennium BC, the tribes inhabited in the northwest of Iran formed the Mannaean kingdom. The main reason for the formation of Mannaean government can be said to prevent the continuous attacks of Assyrian kingdom to this area. After the formation of this state, they attempted to build defensive fortifications around main places and to establish castles in mountainous impassable area. Mannaean castles were built most often from big blocks of stones without mortar. The use of semicircle solid towers and small rectangular rooms as a towers are noticeable characteristics in Mannaean tower building. In addition, in this era, the circle shape plans were preferred so that the cities could have more defensive potentials. In this paper, it is tried to explain the characteristic and important elements of military architecture of Mannaean era.
Manuscript profile
