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  2. Windcatcher - Wikipedia

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    In Iran, a windcatcher is called a bâdgir, bâd "wind" + gir "catcher" (Persian: بادگیر). The devices were used in Achaemenid architecture. [15] They are used in the hot, dry areas of the Central Iranian Plateau, and in the hot, humid coastal regions. [15] Central Iran shows large diurnal temperature variation with an arid climate.

  3. Puzzle solutions for Monday, Aug. 12, 2024

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    Find answers to the latest online sudoku and crossword puzzles that were published in USA TODAY Network's local newspapers. ... Online Crossword & Sudoku Puzzle Answers for 08/12/2024 - USA TODAY ...

  4. Panemone windmill - Wikipedia

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    A diagram of a panemone whose wind-catching panels are arranged to turn edge-on to the wind when moving against the wind's thrust, and side-on when moving downwind to harness the wind's motion. A panemone windmill is a type of vertical-axis wind turbine. It has a rotating axis positioned vertically, while the wind-catching blades move parallel ...

  5. Puzzle solutions for Friday, Nov. 29, 2024

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    Today’s crossword (McMeel) Daily Commuter crossword SUDOKU. Play the USA TODAY Sudoku Game. JUMBLE. Jumbles: OPERA MESSY SPRUNG RADIAL. Answer: The numeral 10 asked the numeral 11 if she would ...

  6. Achaemenid royal inscriptions - Wikipedia

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    The inscriptions are mostly trilingual – in Old Persian, Elamite and Babylonian, which use two separate scripts (Babylonian and Elamite use variants of the same cuneiform). When they appear together, the privileged position is usually occupied by the Old Persian inscription: at the top when arranged vertically, and in the middle when arranged ...

  7. Traditional water sources of Persian antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The Persian historian Hamdollah Mostowfi writes: “Zobeyde Khatoon (Haroon al-Rashid’s wife) constructed a qanat in Mecca. After the time of Haroon al-Rashid, during the caliph Moghtader’s reign this qanat fell into decay, but he rehabilitated it, and the qanat was rehabilitated again after it collapsed during the reign of two other ...

  8. Qanats of Ghasabeh - Wikipedia

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    The Qanats of Ghasabeh (Persian: قنات قصبه), also called Kariz e Kay Khosrow, is one of the world's oldest and largest networks of qanats (underground aqueducts). ). Built between 700 and 500 BCE by the Achaemenid Empire in what is now Gonabad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran, the complex contains 427 water wells with a total length of 33,113 metres (20.575 mi

  9. List of English words of Persian origin - Wikipedia

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    Etymology: perhaps from Persian تاب tab fever + باد bad wind, from Middle Persian vat; akin to Avestan vata- wind, Sanskrit वत vata. [355] Temacha Etymology: Persian تاماخرا tamakhra joke, humor. a Persian comic or farcical interlude performed by traveling players. [356] Thanadar