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What is a cloister? Medieval architecture
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What is a cloister? Medieval architecture

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30 07, 2017

What is a cloister? Medieval architecture

By Karen Carr|2019-09-18T07:45:09-07:00July 30th, 2017|Medieval|2 Comments

Cloister at Moissac (ca. 1100 AD, southern France) Where do cloisters come from? Cloisters were a medieval kind of building that developed out of Greek and then Roman peristyles. What is [...]

Delhi Sultanate architecture – Indian mosques
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Delhi Sultanate architecture – Indian mosques

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19 07, 2017

Delhi Sultanate architecture – Indian mosques

By Karen Carr|2019-09-17T11:37:34-07:00July 19th, 2017|India|2 Comments

Delhi Sultanate architecture - Quwat ul-Islam, Delhi, 1196 AD The first mosques in India Beginning about 1100 AD, invaders from the Abbasid Empire conquered most of northern India. These invaders were Muslims. Muslims needed mosques [...]