Editing Persians (section)

====Gardens====
{{Main|Persian gardens}}
{{See also|Paradise garden|Bāgh (garden){{!}}Bāgh}}

[[Xenophon]], in his ''[[Oeconomicus]]'',<ref name=hobhouse>{{cite book |title=Gardens of Persia |author1=Penelope Hobhouse |author2=Erica Hunningher |author3=Jerry Harpur |publisher=Kales Press |year=2004 |pages=7–13 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AMFRyiAxZ6YC&q=Persian+garden |isbn=9780967007663}}</ref> states:
{{Blockquote|"The Great King [Cyrus II]...in all the districts he resides in and visits, takes care that there are {{Transliteration|grc|parádeisos}} ("paradise") as they [Persians] call them, full of the good and beautiful things that the soil produce."}}

The [[Persian gardens|Persian garden]], the earliest examples of which were found throughout the Achaemenid Empire, has an integral position in Persian architecture.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/garden-i |title=GARDEN i. ACHAEMENID PERIOD |first=Mehrdad |last=Fakour |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Iranica |volume=X |pages=297–298 |access-date=30 December 2012}}</ref> Gardens assumed an important place for the Achaemenid monarchs,<ref name=hobhouse/> and utilized the advanced Achaemenid knowledge of water technologies,<ref name=Mays>{{cite book|title=Ancient Water Technologies|author=L. Mays|publisher=Springer|year=2010|pages=95–100|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AEzOzSZEAToC&q=Persepolis+irrigation&pg=PA94|isbn=9789048186327}}</ref> including [[Aqueduct (water supply)|aqueduct]]s, earliest recorded gravity-fed water rills, and basins arranged in a geometric system. The enclosure of this symmetrically arranged planting and irrigation by an infrastructure such as a palace created the impression of "paradise".<ref>{{cite book|title=Persian Garden: Echoes of Paradise|author1=Mehdi Khansari |author2=M. Reza Moghtader |author3=Minouch Yavari |publisher=Mage Publishers |year=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0msdJAAACAAJ&q=Persian+garden |isbn=9780934211758}}</ref> The word ''paradise'' itself originates from [[Avestan]] {{Transliteration|ae|pairidaēza}} ([[Old Persian]] {{Transliteration|peo|paridaida}}; [[Persian language|New Persian]] {{Transliteration|fa|pardis}}, {{Transliteration|fa|ferdows}}), which literally translates to "walled-around". Characterized by its quadripartite (''[[charbagh|čārbāq]]'') design, the Persian garden was evolved and developed into various forms throughout history,<ref name=hobhouse/> and was also adopted in various other cultures in Eurasia. It was inscribed on [[UNESCO]]'s [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage List]] in June 2011.

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Naghshe Jahan Square Isfahan modified.jpg|[[Naqsh-e Jahan Square|Shah Square]], [[Isfahan]].
Botanical Garden, Shiraz.jpg|[[Eram Garden]], [[Shiraz]].
Hafez 880714 095.jpg|[[Tomb of Hafez]], [[Shiraz]].
باغ وعمارت شاهزاده ماهان.jpg|[[Shazdeh Garden]], [[Kerman County|Kerman]].
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