2. Out of text book! The great mosque of Damascus: center of a Flourishing city, contains a shrine a prophet, a place For pray, education(religious), political meetings. Mosiacs of geometric patterns ( a fire ruined them, some restored) Built in early 700's in Syria
6. Taj Mahal - Located in India, completed in 1648 C.E - One of the 8 th world wonders - entire white marble - built in Shah Jahan wife's memory - forms an equal octogon - nterlocking arabesque (elements stand on own) - symetric
16. Vocabulary Mosque: a muslim house of worship Mihrab: central niche in a mosque, which indicates the direction to mecca Koran: the islamic sacred text Jali: perforated ornamental stone screens Arbesque: a flowing, intricate and symmetrical pattern deriving from floral motifs