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- Ibn Battuta (16481 bytes)
2: ...orer]], whose account documents his travels and side-excursions over a period of almost thirty years, ...
4: His name may alternatively be rendered '''ibn Batuta''', '''ibn Batuda''' or '''ibn B...
6: ...lated as ''A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Travelling'', but ...
10: ==The Hajj (with detours)==
11: ...eadth of the Muslim world, and beyond (about 44 modern countries). - Islamic architecture (6677 bytes)
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22: ...and the production of all places that have come under the varying levels of Islamic influence.
32: ...architecture may be identified with the following design elements:
37: *extensive use of decorative [[Arabic calligraphy]] - Polo (10046 bytes)
3: ...atures successive periods called "chukkas", and riders score by driving a ball into the opposing team'...
10: ...is obscure and undocumented and there is ample evidence of the game's place in the history of [[Asia]]...
12: ...st accounts of polo in antiquity. The first recorded polo match occurred in roughly [[600 BC]] betwee...
16: ... in the golden age of Chinese classical culture under [[Ming-Hung]], the Radiant Emperor, who as an en...
22: ==Introduction to the Occident== - Persian Empire (26229 bytes)
1: ... name, Iran. Some Persian scholars protested this decision because changing the name separated the cou...
4: ...n the south of Iran, called ''[[Fars]]'' in the modern [[Persian language]] and ''Pars'' in [[Middle P...
11: ...9 BC. Eventually the Medes came to rule an independent Median Empire, and the Persians were subject to...
13: ...nt region of [[Anshan (Persia)|Anshan]]. Teispes' descendants branched off into two lines, one line ru...
15: ...r, the king promised not to terrorize Babylon nor destroy its institutions and culture. Cyrus was kill... - Elamite Empire (23098 bytes)
4: ...southwestern [[Iran]]. The Elamite period is considered to last from ca. [[2700 BC]] to [[539 BC]], wi...
5: ... Empire]] that succeeded it, and may thus be considered the starting point of the [[history of Iran]].
8: ...], where they are called the offspring of Elam, eldest son of [[Shem]] (see [[Elam (Hebrew Bible)]]).
10: ...n provincial name [[Khuzestan|Khuzestān]] is derived from the Old Persian root ''Hujiyā'', w...
13: ...ndus script|Harappan pictographs]] have yet to be deciphered. Several stages of the language are attes... - Persian rug (6404 bytes)
2: ... in Isfahan. See special page on [[Isfahan (rugs)|Isfahani rugs]]]]
5: ...of the 16th and 17th century. Common motifs include scrolling vine networks, [[arabesque]]s, [[palmet...
8: ...s used in carpets, including wool and [[cotton]], decay. Therefore [[archeology|archaeologists]] are n...
10: What has remained from early times as evidence of carpet-weaving is nothing more than a few p...
12: Among the oldest pieces discovered are those found in Eastern [[...
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