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Hi, everyone. Here is the index of a gallery of traditional architectures before globalisation around the world.

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Architectures Costumes Foods Miscellaneous Handicrafts Musical Instruments Symbols and Motifs Visual Arts Vehicles Weapons and Armours Writings
Calendars and Clocks Performing Arts Economic Systems Festivals Games Literatures Martial Arts Music Religions and Folklores Political Systems Units of Measurement

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Northern America Northern Africa Northern Europe Central Asia Micronesia
Central America Western Africa Eastern Europe Eastern Asia Polynesia
Caribbean Central Africa Western Europe Western Asia Melanesia
Southern America Eastern Africa Southern Europe Southern Asia Australia and New Zealand
Southern Africa Southeastern Asia

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element type place of origin time image
  • būcrānium [lat]
  • boukrā́nion βουκράνιον [grc]
 ornament https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bucrania
  • chabudai ちゃぶ台 [jpn]
 table Japan https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Chabudai
  • chīwěi 鴟尾 [cmn]
  • shibi 鴟尾 [jpn]
 ornament China https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shibi_(roof_tile)
  • dǒugǒng 斗拱 [cmn]
 brackets China https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dougong
  • epistȳlium [lat]
  • epistylon ἐπίστυλον [grc]
 beam https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Architraves
  • eyvān ایوان [pes]
  • ʿīwān إيوان [ara]
 hall Mesopotamia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Iwans_(architecture)
  • festo [lat]
 ornament https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Festoons
  • fris [ita]
 ornament https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Friezes
  • fusuma 襖 [jpn]
 door Japan https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fusuma
  • giboshi 擬宝珠 [jpn]
 ornament https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ornamental_caps
  • gōngshí 供石 [cmn]
 rock China Tang dynasty https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Scholar%27s_rocks
  • hilarri [eus]
 stele Basque Country https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Basque_steles
  • hongsalmun 홍살문 紅살門 [kor]
 gate Korea https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hongsalmun
  • huábiǎo 華表 [cmn]
 column China https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Huabiao
  • irori [jpn]
 hearth Japan https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Irori
  • kàng 炕 [cmn]
 bed stove China https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kang_(heated_bed)
  • karamon 唐門 [jpn]
 gate Japan https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kara-mon
  • Karuâtis Καρυᾶτις [grc]
 support Greece https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Caryatids
  • kichō 几帳 [jpn]
 partition https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kich%C5%8D
  • kotatsu 炬燵 [jpn]
 table frame Japan 14th century https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kotatsu
  • mašrabiyya مشربية‎ [arb]
 balcony Baghdad 12th century https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mashrabiya
  • manāra منارة‎ [arb]
 mosque tower Umayyad Caliphate period https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Minarets
  • metópē μετόπη [grc]
 ornament Greece https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Metopes
  • noren 暖簾 [jpn]
 divider China https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Noren
  • onigawara 鬼瓦 [jpn]
 ornament Japan https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Onigawara
  • páilóu 牌樓 [cmn]
 gate China https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Paifang
  • pénjǐng 盆景 [cmn]
 pot plant China Tang dynasty https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Penjing
  • píngfēng 屏風 [cmn]
 partition China https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Folding_screens
  • šâdorvân شادروان [pes]
 fountain Iran https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:%C5%9Ead%C4%B1rvans
  • shitomi 蔀 [jpn]
 shutter–door https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Shitomi_(shutters)
  • tatami 畳 [jpn]
 mat https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tatami
  • trígluphos τρίγλυφος [grc]
 ornament Greece https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Triglyphs
  • tsuitate 衝立 [jpn]
 partition Japan 6th century https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tsuitate_(standing_screen)
  • xiàmǎbēi 下馬碑 [cmn]
 stele China https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dismounting_steles
  • yǐngbì 影壁 [cmn]
 wall China https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Yingbi
  • yuèqiáo 月橋 [cmn]
 bridge China https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Moon_bridges
  • zabuton 座布団 [jpn]
 chair Japan https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Zabuton

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