URBAN PATTERN Settlements of any size and type can always be formally synthesized by their patterns‚ so it means pattern identify the settlements. Town houses in gridiron blocks‚ high-rise office structures‚ academic campuses‚ suburban estates‚ and highway retail sprawl are good examples. Urban form‚ then‚ is a result of the bringing together of many elements in a composite totality:the urban pattern. Patterns are the outstanding formal features of urban areas. A pattern can be defined as
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Bayezid I- (r.1389-1402) Ottoman ruler who started to besiege Constantinople in 1395. The Europeans saw him as a new threat to Christendom‚ and Hungary’s king led English‚ French‚ German‚ and Balkan knights in a crusade against the Turks. He defeated them at Nicopolis‚ and moved their capital from Bursa to France. If Bayezid had not defeated the Christians‚ the Ottoman Empire might not have taken Constantinople. The armies of Timur defeated him near Ankara in 1402 where he was taken prisoner and
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The Dome of the Rock‚ completed in 691 and the one of the earliest surviving example of Muslim architecture‚ displaying a vast array of mosaic and domed roof. Located in the city of Jerusalem‚ Dome of the Rock seats as one of the most historic and sacred structure for all of the three largest monotheistic religions in the world. Built under the patronage of 5th Umayyad caliph Abd Al-Malik bin Marwan on the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem‚ the Dome of the Rock was completed in 692. It is one of the earliest
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Top 10 Greatest Empires In History FREIKORPTRASHER JUNE 22‚ 2010The definition of an empire is: when a single entity has supreme rule and power over a vast area of territory‚ which consists of peoples of different ethnicity and nationality. This list is based on the influence‚ longevity and power of the various empires‚ and‚ as you will see‚ it contains at least one or two entries that may strike some as controversial. My one requirement for this list is that the empire must have been ruled – for
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- No solid political system - While China rose to power they did not believe in a certain god while India believed in many gods. - Male dominated society‚ women had virtually no rights Mauryan/Gupta India Political – Caste System‚ Regionalism + diversity‚ Ashoka (grandson of Chandra Gupta‚ led military‚ converted to Buddhism and the promoted peace throughout India‚ wrote on rocks all through India encouraging peace and unification throughout India) Economics – traded + merchants (lots
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the following except the rapid growth of the merchant class. 7. After the seventh century‚ Byzantine women Were increasingly confined to home life. 8. What was the most significant architectural contribution of the Byzantine Empire? Hagia Sophia 9. The Byzantine Corpus Juris Civilis was important in the late eleventh century because it became the basis for civil law in the West 10. Among the Byzantines’ cultural achievements is (are) their architectural tradition and Cyrillic
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military fortifications of Constantinople and ringed the coast with a stone wall. -On the inland the city was protected by 3 walls‚ the innermost being the most well defended. -Justinian also commissioned several religious works including the Hagia Sophia. -He also built many public works like bathhouses‚ aqueducts‚ law courts‚ schools‚ and hospitals. Constantinople -Constantinople was a large trading hub for products all over the world. Including Asia‚ Europe
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THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE Introduction The Ottoman Empire was the one of the largest and longest lasting Empires in history. It was an empire inspired and sustained by Islam‚ and Islamic institutions. It replaced the Byzantine Empire as the major power in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Ottoman Empire reached its height under Suleiman the Magnificent (reigned 1520-66)‚ when it expanded to cover the Balkans and Hungary‚ and reached the gates of Vienna. The Empire began to decline after being defeated
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45. Forum of Trajan 46. Pantheon 47. Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus Early Europe and Colonial America 48. Catacomb of Priscilla 49. Santa Sabina 50. Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling and Angel (Vienna Genesis) 51. San Vitale 52. Hagia Sophia 53. Merovingian looped fibula 54. Virgin and Child between St Theodore and St. George 55. Lindisfarne Gospels 56. Great Mosque at Cordoba 57. Pyxis of al-Mughira 58. Church of Sainte-Foy 59. Bayeux Tapestries 60. Chartres Cathedral 61. Dedication
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barbarians f. Emperor kept separate B. Justinian’s Achievements 1. 533 – a “moron” tried to reconquer western territory 2. Successes a. Rebuilding Constantinople – architecture – Hagia Sophia b. Codification of Roman Law i. reduced confusion ii. organized empire iii. spread Roman legal principles c. W/ general Belisarius – conquered N. Africa
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