ARCHITECTURE: An entry from Macmillan Reference USAs Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa 2

ARCHITECTURE: An entry from Macmillan Reference USAs Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa 2
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  • Publication Date: 2004
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An area of great cultural creativity. The architecture and city planning of the countries of North Africa and the Middle East are steeped in a history that has been marked by the development of Arab and Islamic culture since the seventh century. The architectural and urban traditions generated by this culture produced a remarkable built environment—composed of beautiful monuments of the Islamic art—and spatial typologies....