Got to see a bunch of these when I visited Yazd last summer (which in general is just an amazing city, seems straight out of the Arabian Nights). The fun you re

Got to see a bunch of these when I visited Yazd last summer (which in general is just an amazing city, seems straight out of the Arabian Nights). The fun you realize when you’re there is that they’re just one part of a massive infrastructure of ancient technology that also includes the qanat system and the amazingly beautiful wind towers. One theory for the origin of windmills is that they were invented in Sassanid era Persia as well. Really impressive stuff.