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Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… … Universalium
pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… … Universalium
Iranian pottery — Pottery vessel, fourth millennium B.C. The Sialk collection of Tehran s National Museum of Iran … Wikipedia
Islamic art — Arabesque inlays at the Mughal Agra Fort … Wikipedia
List of cities by time of continuous habitation — This is a list of present day cities by the time period over which they have been continuously inhabited. The age claims listed are generally disputed and may indeed be obsolete. Differences in opinion can result from different definitions of… … Wikipedia
Ray, Iran, as a military objective — This article is about the city of Ray, Iran as a military objective, not the large territory of which it was once capital ( Ragau in the Apocryphal Book of Judith). Ray, in an area of fertile lowland between the Zagros Mountains, the Elburz… … Wikipedia
Avicenna — nach einer Handschrift von 1271 Abū Alī al Husayn ibn Abdullāh ibn Sīnā, latinisiert Avicenna (persisch ابو علی سینا – Abū ʿAlī Sīnā; arabisch ابن سينا ibn Sīnā; * 980 … Deutsch Wikipedia
Timuriden — Fahne der Timuriden Dynastie Als Dynastie der Timuriden wird ein von Timur (Tamerlan) gegründetes, muslimisches Herrscherhaus in Zentral und Südwestasien bezeichnet, das von 1370–1507 unter anderem im Gebiet der heutigen Staaten Afghanistan, Iran … Deutsch Wikipedia
Iran, ancient — Introduction also known as Persia historic region of southwestern Asia that is only roughly coterminous with modern Iran. The term Persia was used for centuries, chiefly in the West, to designate those regions where Persian language and… … Universalium
Military history of Ray, Iran — This article concerns the city of Ray, Iran (near Shahr e Rey) as a military objective, not the large territory of which it was once capital ( Ragau in the Apocryphal Book of Judith). Ray, in an area of fertile lowland between the Zagros… … Wikipedia
