Zomangamangazi, zomwazika ku Iran, zimagwira ntchito ngati mafiriji akale
M'madera opanda madzi a m'chipululu cha Perisiya, luso lamakono lodabwitsa komanso lanzeru zakale linapezedwa, lotchedwa yakhchāl, lomwe limatanthauza "dzenje la ayezi" mu Persian. Yakhchāl (Perisiya: کلکر; yakh kutanthauza " ayezi" ndi chāl kutanthauza "dzenje") ndi mtundu wakale wa zoziziritsa kukhosi. Pofika m'ma 400 BC, akatswiri a ku Perisiya anali atadziwa bwino njira yogwiritsira ntchito yakhchāl kupanga ayezi m'nyengo yozizira ndikusunga m'chilimwe m'chipululu.
Imawulula njira yaukadaulo ya makolo athu pakupanga ayezi ndipo idayamba mu 400 BC. Zomangamangazi, zomwazika ku Iran konse, zimagwira ntchito ngati mafiriji akale, pogwiritsa ntchito makina ozizirira opangidwa kuti azisungira madzi oundana chaka chonse. Mabwatowa anali ndi mawonekedwe owoneka bwino omwe amakhala ndi malo osungiramo pansi pa nthaka. Mabwatowa anapangidwa ndi zinthu zokhuthala komanso zosagwira kutentha, ndipo ankagwiritsa ntchito makina oziziritsira mpweya.
Kugwira ntchito mogwirizana ndi nyengo yachirengedwe, mpweya wozizira umalowa m'malo olowera m'munsi, pamene mapangidwe a conical amathandiza kuchotsa kutentha kotsalira kupyolera mumitsempha yomwe ili pamwamba. Njira yopangira madzi oundana inayamba ndi nyanja zosaya zomwe zimadzadzidwa usiku ndi ngalande zamadzi opanda mchere. Madziwo amakhala otetezedwa ku kuwala kwa dzuŵa ndi makoma a mithunzi, nyanjazi zinkaundana m’nyengo yozizira.
Kenako ayezi wosonkhanitsidwawo anasamutsidwa ku yahchal yopangidwa ndi zinthu zakumaloko monga adobe, dongo, zoyera dzira, ubweya wa mbuzi, madzi a mandimu ndi matope osalowa madzi. Nyumba zochititsa chidwi zimenezi zinathandiza kwambiri kuti chakudya, zakumwa zisamawonongeke komanso mwina kuziziziritsa m’miyezi yachilimwe yotentha. Masiku ano, ma yakhchals 129 akadali ngati chikumbutso chambiri chanzeru zakale zaku Perisiya.
