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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 |
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Title: | ____ Petra (Treasury) |
Culture: | ____ Ptolemaic and Imperial Roman |
Year: | ____ 400 BCE - 100 C.E. |
Materials: | ____ Cut rock |
Location: | ____ Jordan |
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Title: | ____ Petra (Great Temple) |
Culture: | ____ Ptolemaic and Imperial Roman |
Year: | ____ 400 BCE - 100 C.E. |
Materials: | ____ Cut rock |
Location: | ____ Jordan |
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Title: | ____ Buddha of Bamiyan |
Culture: | ____ Gandharan (Buddhist) |
Year: | ____ 400-800 (destroyed in 2001) |
Materials: | ____ cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint |
Location: | ____ Bamiyan, Afghanistan |
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Title: | ____ Buddha of Bamiyan |
Culture: | ____ Gandharan (Buddhist) |
Year: | ____ 400-800 (destroyed in 2001) |
Materials: | ____ cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint |
Location: | ____ Bamiyan, Afghanistan |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Title: | ____ Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple |
Culture: | ____ Buddhist |
Year: | ____ 641 |
Materials: | ____ gilt metals, semiprecious stones, pearls and paint |
Location: | ____ |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Title: | ____ Folio from a Qur'an |
Culture: | ____ Islamic |
Year: | ____ 8th to 9th century |
Materials: | ____ ink, color and gold on parchment |
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Title: | ____ Basin (Baptistere de St. Louis) |
Artist: | ____ Muhammad ibn al-Zain |
Year: | ____ 1320-1340 |
Materials: | ____ brass, inlaid with gold and silver |
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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 |
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Title: | ____ Court of Gayumars (from Shah Tahmasp's Shahnama) |
Artist: | ____ Sultan Muhammad |
Year: | ____ 1522-1525 |
Materials: | ____ ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper |
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Title: | ____ The Ardabil Carpet |
Artist: | ____ Maqsud of Kashan |
Year: | ____ 1539-1540 |
Materials: | ____ silk and wool |
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