Architecture in the Middle East
ARCHITECTURE in the
MIDEAST
TAKEO KAMIYA

This division presents the architecture of the core area of Islamic Architecture: the Middle East (West Asia). Yet as each territory often had an ancient civilization before Islam, on the base of which its Islamic architecture developed, this division treats this area's whole architecture under the title of "Architecture in the Mideast" without distinction of religion. The chapter of Jordan will include the State of Palestine and the whole of Jerusalem.


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Chapter 1ARCHITECTURE of
_________________SYRIA
Syria
Chapter 2ARCHITECTURE of
_________________JORDAN with PALESTINE
Syria
Chapter 3ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE of
_________________EGYPT
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REORGANIZATION OF THIS SITE

Despite the name of this site being"Architecture of Islam", its contents have been considered not enough to cover the Islamic area totally. Now I have just made a new division here to enrich Islamic architecture in the central area of the Islamic sphere.
However, for the reason mentioned above, the title of this division is not "Islamic Architecture in the Middle East" but "Architecture in the Middle East". I transferred the pages of 'Architecture of Syria' here as the first chapter from the division of 'Gallery of World Architecture', with 'Architecture of Jordan' presently as the second chapter. For the time being, I have to make chapters under the country-base, but the Syria-Palestine area has long had many difficulties to treat of, including the city of Jerusalem; the eState of Palestinef will be combined into the chapter of Jordan.

Map of the 
Middle East
Map of the Middle East

I will increase countries in due course, such as Iran, Turkey, and Egypt, all of which had ancient civilizations before Islam, and describe them in historical order like the chapter of Syria.

Uzbekistan, not belonging to the Middle East but Central Asia geographically, will also form one chapter, for its major architectural legacy was mainly made by architects and craftsmen brought from Iran (Persia).
Furthermore, I intend to make a division of "Architecture of the Maghreb", after having completed "Architecture of the Middle East" before long.

(September 01, 2019) ___


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