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Content Area 7 - WEST & CENTRAL ASIA
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Title:____ Petra
Culture:____ Ptolemaic and Imperial Roman
Year:____ 400 BCE- 100 C.E.
Materials:____ Cut rock
Location:____ Jordan
Title:____ Petra (Treasury)
Culture:____ Ptolemaic and Imperial Roman
Year:____ 400 BCE - 100 C.E.
Materials:____ Cut rock
Location:____ Jordan
Title:____ Petra (Great Temple)
Culture:____ Ptolemaic and Imperial Roman
Year:____ 400 BCE - 100 C.E.
Materials:____ Cut rock
Location:____ Jordan
Title:____ Buddha of Bamiyan
Culture:____ Gandharan (Buddhist)
Year:____ 400-800 (destroyed in 2001)
Materials:____ cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint 
Location:____ Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Title:____ Buddha of Bamiyan
Culture:____ Gandharan (Buddhist)
Year:____ 400-800 (destroyed in 2001)
Materials:____ cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint
Location:____ Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Title:____ The Kaaba
Culture:____ Islamic
Year:____ rededicated by Muhammad in 631-634
Materials:____ granite, silk curtain, calligraphy in gold & silver-wrapped thread
Location:____ Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Title:____ The Kaaba
Culture:____ Islamic
Year:____ rededicated by Muhammad in 631-634
Materials:____ granite, silk curtain, calligraphy in gold & silver-wrapped thread
Location:____ Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Title:____ Gathering at the Kaaba
Culture:____ Islamic
Year:____ rededicated by Muhammad in 631-634
Materials:____ granite, silk curtain, calligraphy in gold & silver-wrapped thread
Location:____ Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Title:____ Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple
Culture:____ Buddhist 
Year:____ 641
Materials:____ gilt metals, semiprecious stones, pearls and paint
Location:____
Title:____ Dome of the Rock
Culture:____ Islamic (Umayyad)
Year:____ 691-692
Materials:____ stone, wooden roof with ceramic tile, mosaics, gilt aluminum & bronze dome
Location:____ Jerusalem, Palestine
Title:____ Dome of the Rock
Culture:____ Islamic (Umayyad)
Year:____ 691-692
Materials:____ stone, wooden roof with ceramic tile, mosaics, gilt aluminum & bronze dome
Location:____ Jerusalem, Palestine
Title:____ Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)
Culture:____ Islamic
Year:____ 700 (additions/restorations in 14th, 18th and 20th centuries)
Materials:____ stone, brick, wood, plaster & ceramic tile
Location:____ Isfahan, Iran
Title:____ Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)(detail)
Culture:____ Islamic
Year:____ 700 (additions/restorations in 14th, 18th and 20th centuries)
Materials:____ stone, brick, wood, plaster & ceramic tile
Location:____ Isfahan, Iran
Title:____ Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh) (courtyard)
Culture:____ Islamic
Year:____ 700 (additions/restorations in 14th, 18th and 20th centuries)
Materials:____ stone, brick, wood, plaster & ceramic tile
Location:____ Isfahan, Iran
Title:____ Great Mosque  (mihrab -- prayer room)
Culture:____ Islamic
Year:____ 700 (additions/restorations in 14th, 18th and 20th centuries)
Materials:____ stone, brick, wood, plaster and ceramic tile
Location:____ Isfahan, Iran
Title:____ Folio from a Qur'an
Culture:____ Islamic
Year:____ 8th to 9th century
Materials:____ ink, color and gold on parchment
  
Title:____ Basin (Baptistere de St. Louis)
Artist:____ Muhammad ibn al-Zain
Year:____ 1320-1340
Materials:____ brass, inlaid with gold and silver
  
Title:____ Bahram Gur Fights the Karg (from Great Il-Khanid Shahnama)
Culture:____ Islamic, Persian
Year:____ 1330-1340
Materials:____ ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper
  
Title:____ Court of Gayumars (from Shah Tahmasp's Shahnama)
Artist:____ Sultan Muhammad
Year:____ 1522-1525
Materials:____ ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
  
Title:____ The Ardabil Carpet
Artist:____ Maqsud of Kashan
Year:____ 1539-1540
Materials:____ silk and wool
  
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