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11 09, 2017

West Asian religion – Ottoman and Safavid, Sunni and Shiite

By |2019-09-05T06:34:36-07:00September 11th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on West Asian religion – Ottoman and Safavid, Sunni and Shiite

Shah Mosque, Ishfahan, Iran (1611-38) West Asia was divided into two big empires in the 1500s AD - the Ottoman Empire and the Safavid Empire. Both the Ottomans and the Safavids followed Islam, but they followed two different kinds of [...]

21 08, 2017

Where do Easter eggs come from? History of religion

By |2019-11-21T09:24:47-08:00August 21st, 2017|Religion|Comments Off on Where do Easter eggs come from? History of religion

Ostrich eggshell from Diepkloof Rock Shelter, South Africa (60,000 BC) When did people start dyeing eggs? Easter eggs go back long before Easter, and even long before the beginning of farming. As [...]

31 07, 2017

Pisa – the Duomo – medieval Italy

By |2017-07-31T09:36:31-07:00July 31st, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Pisa – the Duomo – medieval Italy

Cathedral of Pisa (the Duomo) This is the cathedral of medieval Pisa, in Italy. The architects built the cathedral in the Romanesque style around 1064 AD. The rounded arches are typical of the Romanesque style. So is the [...]

29 07, 2017

Aachen – Palatine Chapel – Charlemagne

By |2017-07-29T18:08:15-07:00July 29th, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Aachen – Palatine Chapel – Charlemagne

Aachen cathedral (begun 792 AD) One of the first ambitious buildings in Western Europe after the fall of Rome was Charlemagne's chapel at his capital of Aachen (now in northern Germany) about 792 [...]

23 07, 2017

Kairouan Mosque – Islamic architecture

By |2019-10-21T21:08:32-07:00July 23rd, 2017|Africa, Architecture, Islam, Religion|Comments Off on Kairouan Mosque – Islamic architecture

Kairouan mosque - the courtyard When was the Great Mosque at Kairouan built? The Islamic governors of Tunisia built the Great Mosque at Kairouan in the 800s AD, in the time [...]

4 06, 2017

Chang’an – T’ang Dynasty Chinese Architecture

By |2018-04-18T09:53:23-07:00June 4th, 2017|Architecture, China|Comments Off on Chang’an – T’ang Dynasty Chinese Architecture

The walls of Chang'an under the T'ang Dynasty (ca. 700 AD) People have been living in the city of Chang'an in China since the Stone Age. But Chang'an reached its [...]

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