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Dou Gong

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Brackets for roofing structures and later decoration

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Forum

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Public spaces in cities

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Mandala

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a geometric figure representing the universe in Hindu and Buddhist symbolism.

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Tori Gate

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Distinctive gateway to a Shinto shrine

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Baghdad

762-767 AD
P- Caliph al-Mansur
Iraq

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Ka’ba

683 AD
Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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Arabesque

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Fluid floral like ornamentaion

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Baths of Caracalla

212-216 AD
P: Caracalla
Rome, Italy

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Mosque

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Islamic house of worship

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Timgad

100-117 AD
P: Trajan
Algeria

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Rammed Earth

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Pounded and compacted dry earth

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Drum

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The cylindrical or polygonal wall supporting a dome.

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Hypocast System

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The heating from underneath a structure used in baths to keep the floors warm

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Arcuated

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Use of arches for supports

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Peristyle

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Second courtyard in a Roman house

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Temple Complex of Minakshi

1500 - 1700 AD
P: King Tirumali Nayyak
Madurai, India

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Goparums

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parabola-shaped central temple tower (Northern)

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Barrel Vault

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a vault forming a half cylinder

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Pendentive

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Connects domes to orthogonal walls

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Hagia Sophia

532-537 AD
P: Justinian
A: Isodorus and Anthemius
Constantinople

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Groin Vault

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formed at the point at which 2 barrel vaults intersect at right angles

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Great Stupa Mountain at Borobudur

774-840 AD
Java, Indonesia

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Shijia Pagoda

1056 AD
Yingxian, Shanxi, China

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Transepts

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wings of the main part of the church

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Feng Shui

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System of Calculations based on the 5 natural orders and how they effect the flow of energy.

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Angkor Wat

1113-1150 AD
P: King Suryavarman II
Cambodia

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Christian House-Church

232 AD
Dura Europos (Syria)
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Atrium

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First courtyard in a Roman house

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The Alhambra

1200-1300 AD
Granada, Spain

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St. Peter’s Basilica

323-326 AD
P: Constantine
Rome, Italy

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Santa Costanza

350 AD
Rome, Italy

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Muktesvara Temple

950-1000 AD
Bhubaneswar, India

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Oculous

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the round central opening of a dome

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Stupa

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Mound in which part of the Buddha is buried

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Great Mosque of Cordoba

786-966 AD
Cordoba, Spain

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Coffer

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A recessed decorative panel that is used to reduce the weight of and to decorate ceilings or vaults.

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Basilica

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Large rectangular meeting space

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The Forum and Market of Trajan

107-112 AD
P: Trajan
A: Apollodorus
Rome, Italy

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Inner (Naiku) Shinto Shrine of Ise-Jingu

500-680 AD
Ise, Japan

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Reconquista

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Beginning in the eleventh century, military campaigns by various Iberian Christian states to recapture territory taken by Muslims. In 1492 the last Muslim ruler was defeated, and Spain and Portugal emerged as united kingdoms.

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Centering

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The scaffolding of an arch

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Qunicunx

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five domes

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Ampitheater

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A theatre extended all the way around

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Forbidden City

1417-1421
P: Emperor Yongle
Beijing, China

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Minarets (Minar)

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High towers for the call to prayer

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Domus

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Single family homes

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Pagoda

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Square tower, a chinese advancement to Stupas

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Muktesvara Temple

950-1000 AD
Bhubaneswar, India

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Aqueduct

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A structure that carries water over long distances

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Panem et Circense

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Bread and Circuses; the idea of distracting the people through entertainment so they forget the real issues, such as poverty and unemployment

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Axis Munid

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Where the world [was believed to] rotate (center of the world)

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Qibla Wall

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The wall that faces Mecca

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St. Basil’s Cathedral

1555 - 1562 AD
P: Czar Ivan IV
A: Barma and Postak
Moscow, Russia

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Nave

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center aisle of a basilica

(Also Evan Backwards)

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Insula

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Apartment residences with public toilets

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Dome of the Rock

687-692 AD
P: Caliph Abd al-Malik
Jerusalem, Israel

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Souk

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a market or bazaar

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Qibla

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Axis towards Mecca

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Fresco

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Paint on wet plaster, the wall’s color lasts longer than a normal mural

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House of Vettii

63-79 AD
P: Vettii Brothers
Pompeii, Italy

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Buddhist Religious Complex at Sanchi

250 BC - 100 AD
Sanchi, India

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Mihrab

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Ear of God

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Onion Dome

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a bulbous, pointed dome frequently seen in byzantine architecture

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The Colosseum

75-80 AD
P: Vespasian
Rome, Italy

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Aedicule

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Niches that have a post and lintel decoration, a pediment, and a statue

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Buddhist Temple / Monastery at Horyuji

670 AD
Nara, Japan

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Mortice and Tenon

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A method of fastening one piece of wood to another. A mortice or square hole is cut into one piece of wood while a tenon or projection the same size as the hole is cut on the end of the other piece. The tenon is then tapped into the mortice, locking the two together without nails.

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The Pantheon

118-128 AD
P: Hadrian
Rome, Italy

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Pit House

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A semi-subterranean, popular in early chinese houses.

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Great Mosque of Djenne

1908 AD
Builders: Ismaila and Traore
Djenne, Mali

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Relieving Arch

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Arch in a wall to take the weight off an open space

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Triumphal Arch

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Large commemorative monument in the shape of an arch

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Apse

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semicircular vaulted space in a church

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