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400 BCE
Petra Jordan
Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman
400 BCE-100 CE
cut rock -
400
Buddha
Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Gandharan
400-800 CE
cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint -
619
Dome of the rock
Jerusalem, Palestine
Islamic Umayyad
619-692 CE
Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaic and gilt aluminum and bronze dome. -
631
The Kaaba
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Islamic
631-632
granite masonry, covered with a silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread -
642
Jowo Rinpoche
Lhasa, Tibet
Yarlung Dynasty
believed to have been brought to tibet in 642
gilt metals with semiprecious stones, pearls, and paint -
700
Great Mosque
Isfahan, Iran
Islamic, Persian
Seljuk, Il-Khanid, Timurid and Safacid Dynasties
stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile -
750
folio from a Qur'an
Arab, North Africa, or Near East
Abbasid
8th-9th century CE
ink, color, and gold on parchment -
1320
Basin
Muhammad ibn al-Zain
1320-1340 CE
Brass inlaid with gold and silver -
1330
Bahram Gur Fights the Karg
Islamic
1330-1340
Ink and opaque water color, gold and silver on paper -
1522
The Court of Gayumars
Sultan Muhammad
1522-1525
ink, opaque water color, and gold on paper -
1539
The Ardabil Carpet
maqsud of kashan
1539-1540 CE
Silk and wool
