Ancient Perisans had a few mega projects as well. Persepolis is fairly well known, the Qanat water system [1] that conveyed water from the Alborz mountain range

Ancient Perisans had a few mega projects as well. Persepolis is fairly well known, the Qanat water system [1] that conveyed water from the Alborz mountain range [2] to nearly the edge of Persian Gult is a bit better known. But the first attempt at a Suez Canal [3] is even news to most Iranians. [1]: http://patentpending.blogs.com/patent_pending_blog/2005/02/ancient_persias.html http://patentpending.blogs.com/patent_pending_blog/2005/02/a... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alborz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alborz [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_of_the_Pharaohs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_of_the_Pharaohs