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Quiz 4 Flashcards

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Yuan Dynasty

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China, Mongols dynasty in China

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Influences from china

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Chrysanthemum, lotus flower, clouds, Phoenix, dragon

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Ilkhanid Dynasty

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1256-1353
The Mongols
Tomb of al Jai Tu
Trade with China 
Figural images
the Great Mongol Shanama
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Herbal

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From Discorides book De Material A Medicina

Herbs are medicine for everything

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Discorides

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40-90 CE

Greek Physician living under Romans

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Ptolemy

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90-168 CE 
Roman citizen of Egypt 
Astronomer 
Astrologer 
Mathematician
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Lazvardina technique

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Fritware, glazed in cobalt and then apply gold leaf

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Bestiary

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Books about mythical beasts

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End of Ilkhanid Dynasty

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1336

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Muzaffarids

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1314-1393 central Iran

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Jalayirds

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1336-1432 northwest Iran and Iraq capital Shiraz

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Timur the Lame

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1370-1405 dreams of restoring the Mongolian Dynasty, reign of terror, expands to Iran, Anatolia, Iraq, northern India

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Son Shahrukh

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1405-1447

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Khan

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Caravansarai

Inn

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Sultan Husayn Bayqura

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1470-1506

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Turkomans

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Rival of the Timurids in western Iran: Black sheep 1380-1468 Qaraqoyunlu
White sheep 1378 Aqqoyunlu

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Kiosk

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Pavilion

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Cuerda seca

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Design and colors painted on with magnesium and oil, fired. Carved out, inflated with magnesium and oil

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Pistaq

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Rectangular frame around Iwan

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The “gaz”

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Standard unit of 60.6 centimeters

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Vaulting

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An arch in a ceiling or roof

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Bibliophile

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Someone who collects books

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Transverse arch

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Supporting arch which runs across the vault from side to side dividing the bays

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Pendentives

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A curved triangle of vaulting formed by the intersection of a dome with supporting arches

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Squinch

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An arched structure supporting a square dome

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Khanaqa

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Building for the meetings of the Sufi brotherhood

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Samanids

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819-1005 pottery

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Seljuks

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Came from Persia

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Buyids

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945-1055

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Iwan

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Vault with arch opened on one side only

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Weir

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Jug

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The book of kings

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Shanama

Firadwsi

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