Qanat

Preface
Acknowledgements

The Tradition and Global Diffusion of Qanats
Chapter 1: Form and Function of Qanats
Chapter 2: Construction and Distribution of Qanats
Chapter 3: Origins and Global History of Qanats

The Regional Geography of Qanats
Chapter 4: Iran: The Mother Lode
Chapter 5: Central and South Asia
Chapter 6: Eastward Passages: China, Korea, Japan
Chapter 7: The Arabian Peninsula
Chapter 8: Iraq
Chapter 9: Turkey and the Caucasus
Chapter 10: Syria and the Levant
Chapter 11: North Africa
Chapter 12: The Qanats of Europe
Chapter 13: The Chain Wells of Cyprus
Chapter 14: Underground Aqueducts in the Canary Islands
Chapter 15: To the New World

Completing the Story and the View Ahead
Chapter 16: Refining the Picture: Dating and Visualizing Qanats
Chapter 17: The Restoration and Future of Qanats

Notes
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