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* 1. Islamic art * 2. General characteristics- Islamic art is especially famous for itsarchitecture.- There are very few paintings and sculptures‚because the Koran did not allow therepresentation of Muhammad‚ Allah‚ people oranimals.- However‚ islamic art is very fine. * 3. Representative buildingsThe most important buildings were:● Palaces (for the caliphs)● Mosques (temples for praying) * 4. Palaces They usually had gardens and fountains. This courtyard is the Patio de los Leones of
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Saji Begum With reference to one or more located coastlines‚ examine the factors responsible for landforms of coastal erosion. (25 marker) Most of our landforms on the coastline are formed because of coastal erosion. But firstly it is essential to understand what coastal erosions are. Coastal erosion involves the breaking down and removal of material along a coastline by the movement of wind & water. They are sorted in two categories‚ Marine processes and Sub aerial processes. A few methods of erosion
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Through many centuries‚ the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome has had massive impacts on the buildings of modern America. Many aspects of the structural elements used are used in famous American buildings. Great ancient buildings like the Pantheon or the Parthenon are paradigms of Greco-Roman architecture at its finest‚ and very similar layouts and buildings are seen every day in America. These beautiful styles have survived for hundreds of years and are now pristinely recreated at American
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logs across a brook or by stretching ropes or cables across a narrow valley. Those types of bridges are still in use. Wooden-beam bridges appear to have been the most common type known to the ancients‚ although according to the tradition a brick-arch bridge was built about 1800 BC in Babylon. Other forms‚ such as simple suspension and cantilever bridges‚ are known to have been used in ancient India‚ China‚ and Tibet. Pontoon bridges were used in the military expeditions of the Persian monarchs
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In the 3‚000 years that make up the ancient history of the emergence of Western Civilization‚ Rome’s contributions to society include the construction of bridges‚ domes‚ and temples. The Romans had great architecture skills that have stayed with us in one form or another for thousands of years. Each construction has evolved into many different forms that are found all over the world today. Each country or civilization uses the items differently‚ but without the help from the Romans and Greeks transportation
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as beam bridges‚ arch bridges‚ truss bridges‚ and suspension bridges to more complicated bridges like side-spar cable-stayed bridges. Some of the key differences between these four types of bridges is the lengths that they can cross a single span‚ which is the total distancve between two of the bridges supports. Bridges supports can take the forms of columns‚ towers or even the walls of nature around the bridge like canyons. Beam bridges range up to 200 feet ‚ while modern arch bridges can reach
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CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM OF THE HEAD NECK The cardiovascular system consists of the heart‚ blood vessels‚ and the approximately 5 liters of blood that the blood vessels transport. Responsible for transporting oxygen‚ nutrients‚ hormones‚ and cellular waste products throughout the body‚ the cardiovascular system is powered by the body’s hardest-working organ — the heart‚ which is only about the size of a closed fist. Even at rest‚ the average heart easily pumps over 5 liters of blood throughout
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Taj Mahal (Islamic Architecture) It was in the memory of his beloved wife that Shah Jahan built a magnificent monument as a tribute to her‚ which we today known as the "Taj Mahal". The construction of Taj Mahal started in the year 1631. Masons‚ stonecutters‚ inlayers‚ carvers‚ painters‚ calligraphers‚ dome-builders and other artisans were requisitioned from the whole of the empire and also from Central Asia and Iran‚ and it took approximately 22 years to build what we see today. An epitome of love
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interiors share some elements not generally found elsewhere. Among these are horseshoe arch‚ its name explains itself. Ogee arch‚ an S shaped curve both sides of the arch have combinations of convex and concave sections‚ mostly used in Christian architecture of the middle ages throughout Europe. And lastly the scalloped arch‚ or also called the multifoil arch‚ a series of small curves within the main curve of the arch. Scalloped arches are mostly seen in the Mughal architecture of India‚ mosques and
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