Ancient Water Mills

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical technology
gptkbp:component water wheel
millstone
gearing system
gptkbp:depictedIn Roman mosaics
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Strabo
gptkb:Vitruvius
gptkbp:firstAppearance gptkb:Hellenistic_period
3rd century BCE
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Ancient_Rome
gptkb:China
gptkb:Middle_East
Ancient Greece
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ancient Water Mills
gptkbp:influenced medieval water mills
gptkbp:provides flowing water
gptkbp:relatedTo wind
gptkbp:replacedBy steam engines
gptkbp:significance increased agricultural productivity
enabled industrial processes
gptkbp:type horizontal water mill
vertical water mill
gptkbp:usedFor irrigation
metalworking
grinding grain
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dezful
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6