Culture
Traditions
Territory
Iran, the cradle of all beginnings
Discoveries and Innovations
The first to have...
...discovered fire;
...invented writing 7.000 years ago;
...believed in Judgement Day;
...believed in Heaven and Hell;
...devised numbers;
...seen faith as a symbol of trust;
...created urbanization;
...created the world’s longest Empire;
...created governing acts;
...created an irrigation system with aqueducts;
...created a sewerage system;
...created baths;
...discovered copper;
...worked metals;
...created an agricultural system;
...domesticated wild animals;
...created the post;
...created plates and cutlery;
...created textile yarns;
...created the unit of measurement;
...created the coin;
...created the boat (upon request of a queen);
...discovered glass;
...discovered carbon as a source of energy;
...discovered wind as a source of energy;
...discovered air conditioning;
...designed an animation technique more than 3.000 years ago;
...created alcohol;
...discovered the world was round.
They have discovered many of the things that have been important and fundamental for our civilisation.
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