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History of Arch
Test 2 / Session 11
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Undergraduate 2
09/28/2010

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Bazaar
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a covered, skylit interior street with stalls for ships along each side
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Caliph
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a supreme ruler in the Muslim world who inherits his title
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Caravanseri
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way station in the desert where caravans could spend the night undercover within protecting walls
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Dikka
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a raised platform in a mosque from which the muezzins (declaimers) chant in unison in response to the imam's (preacher) prayers
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Islam
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one of the world's major monotheistic religions in which supreme deity is Allah and his chief prophet is Mohammed
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Koran
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the sacred book of Islam containing the collected revelations about Allah communicated through Mohammed, his chief prophet
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Madrasa
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a college compromising of dormitories and class rooms often shaped like our quads, with a garden and a pool in the center
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Mecca
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Birthplace of the prophet Mohammed and hence the holy city of Islam
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minaret
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the tower on a mosque form which the Muezzin calls the faithful to pray
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Minbar
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the raised pulpit in a mosque
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Mihrab
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an archway or apse in a mosque which indicates the direction of Mecca
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Mosque
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a Muslim temple or place of worship
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Muslim
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an adherent of the Islamic faith
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Persia
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old name for Iran. One extended from east end of Mediterranean sea east to Indus river
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Seal of Solomon
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a mystic symbol in the form of a six pointed star, star of David
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Solomon's Temple
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the Biblical temple constructed by Solomon according to God's direction (ratios exemplify universal harmony)
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Topkapi Scroll
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a 100 foot long scroll of architectural drawings for Islamic vaults and patterns thought to have been drawn around the end of the 15th century
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Ka'bah
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(cube) contains the Sacred Black Stone
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