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- Transfiguration Mosaic
- Monastery of St. Catherine
- Mt. Sinai, Egypt
- Early Byzantine (6th century)
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- Virgin and Child Enthroned b/t St. Theo and St. George
- Early Byzantine (6th century)
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- David the Psalmist
- Middle Byzantine (843-1204 AD)
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- Monastery of Hosios Loukas
- Phocis, Greece
- Middle Byzantine (843-1204 AD)
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- Christ as Pantokrater
- Church of the Dormition
- Daphni, Greece
- Middle Byzantne (843-1204 AD)
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- Crucifixion Mosaic
- Monastery of Hosios Loukas
- Phocis, Greece
- Middle Byzantine (843-1204 AD)
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- Pantocrater, Theotokos, and Child
- Cathedral at Monreale, Sicily
- Middle Byzantine (843-1204 AD)
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- Lamentation
- St. Pantaleimon
- Nerezi, Macedonia
- Middle Byzantine (843-1204 AD)
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- Virgin and Child
- Middle Byzantine (843-1204 AD)
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- Crucifixion of Christ
- Church of the Dormition
- Daphni, Greece
- Middle Byzantine (843-1204 AD)
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- Dome of the Rock
- Commissioner: Caliph 'Abd al-Malik
- Jerusalem
- Early Islamic (7th-9th cent.)
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- Dome of the Rock
- Jerusalem
- Early Islamic (7th-9th cent.)
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- Great Mosque
- Damascus
- Early Islamic (7th-9th cent.)
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- Great Mosque
- Damascus
- Early Islmaic (7th-9th cent.)
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- Great Mosque
- Damascus
- Early Islamic (7th-9th cent.)
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- Great Mosque
- Kairouan, Tunisia
- Early Islamic (7th-9th cent.)
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- Minaret of Great Mosque
- Samarra, Iraq
- Early Islamic (7th-9th cent.)
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- Great Mosque
- Cordoba, Spain
- Early Islamic (7th-9th cent.)
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- Mihrab
- Great Mosque
- Cordoba
- Early Islamic (7th-9th cent.)
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- Great Mosque
- Cordoba
- Early Islamic (7th-9th cent.)
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- Palace at Mshatta, Jordan
- Early Islamic (7th-9th cent.)
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Hijra
Flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina
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Imam
Person who addresses Muslims after Friday prayer
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Iwan
Large open rooms without front doors
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Kaaba
- Shrine from original idol temple
- Black stone center
- Walk 7 times around
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Mihrab
- Niche feature in qibla wall
- orients to Mecca
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Minbar
- Next to mihrab
- Imam ascends here to give speech
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Muezzin
Person who gives call to prayers
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Muqarnas
Delicate honeycomb styling of stucco
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Maqsura
Wooden screen near mihrab to protect worshipping ruler from assassins
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Qibla wall
Wall facing Mecca
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Sahn
- Fountain for cleansing
- In courtyard
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- Muqarnas dome
- Alhambra
- Grenada, Spain
- Late Islamic (14th-18th cent.)
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- Court of the Lions
- Alhambra
- Grenada, Spain
- Late Islamic (14th-18th cent.)
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- Madrasa-Mosque-Mausoleum
- Cairo
- Late Islamic (14th-18th cent.)
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- Mosque of Selim II
- Architect: Sinan
- Edirne, Turkey
- Late Islamic (14th-18th cent.)
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- Mosque of Selim II
- Architect: Sinan
- Edirne, Turkey
- Late Islamic (14th-18th cent.)
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