SalarHaqq
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Ah so qanaut system wasn't the sole source of water for the ancient civilization, that's what I thought, it's hard to sustain a proper civilization on ground water alone
there were multiple small rivers that helped Mix of both,
it's a blessing in some ways most of the river centric civilizations nowadays are very overpopulated- India, China
Iraq and Egypt is a little different cause I don't think they have a lot of tributary rivers, that means fertile land isn't as widespread as maybe the other big countries like India, China
Even Pak 100-159 years ago wasn't the most populace place despite a major river system- because outside some areas next to actual rivers land was arid, but than canal systems were built, migrations from rest of Indus, population growth- grandmother's with upwards of 7 kids
there's something about fertile lands that makes people go nuts with baby making....
Enough water to sustain civilization like Iran is a blessing but not enough to cause a population explosion like in China or India
You need to factor into these calculations that Iran lost half its population in a genocide at the hands of the British imperial regime during WW I (10 million people mass murdered in just a few years through deliberately induced famine, the population falling from about 20 to 10 million). So if this hadn't occurred, today Iran would probably have had some 160-170 million inhabitants.
@Sainthood 101
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