Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Traditional-Architectures:-Northern-Africa

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

Generic Structure

structure	function	place of origin	time	image
šāḏarwān شَاذَرْوَان‎ [arb] šâdorvân شادروان [pes] şadırvan شادروان [ota] şadrewan [kmr] šedr̀vān шедр̀ва̄н [hbs] shatërvan [sqi] šodurvon шодурвон [tgk]	ablution fountain	Iran		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:%C5%9Ead%C4%B1rvans
mašrabiyya مَشْرَبِيَّة‎ [arb]	balcony	Baghdad	12th century	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mashrabiya
manār منار [urd] manāra مَنَارَة‎ [arb] manara манара [bak,tat] manora манора [tgk] menara [msa] menâre مناره [pes] minara [rhg,tuk] minara минара [kum] minare [kmr,tur] minare مناره [ota] minarə [aze] minora [uzb] monāra مناره [pus] munar مۇنار [uig] munara [tsg] munara мунара [kir] munára муна́ра [hbs] mūnara мұнара [kaz] ṣawmaʕa صومعة [ary]	beacon		Umayyad Caliphate period	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Minarets
güvercinlik [tur] güvercinlik گوگرجینلك [ota] kabutarxâne کبوترخانه [pes]	dovecote		13th century	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dovecotes_by_country
manzil منزل [arb]	farmhouse	Djerba		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Menzels
ribāṭ رِبَاط [arb]	fortification	Maghreb	7th century	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ribats
qṣar قصر [arb]	fortified village	Northern Africa		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ksour
bxn.t [egy]	gate	Egypt		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pylons_(architecture)
eyvān ایوان [pes] 'īwān إيوان [ara]	hall	Mesopotamia		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Iwans_(architecture)
tekhenu [egy]	monument	Egypt	20th century BC	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Obelisks
myr [egy]	tomb	Egypt	c. 4700 BC	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pyramids_of_Egypt

Specific Building

building	function	location	time	style	image
	tomb	Giza	c. 2600 BC		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Giza_pyramid_complex
	monument	Heliopolis	20th century BC		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Obelisk_of_Senusret_I_in_Heliopolis
[egy] Bḥd.t	temple	Edfu	237 BC – 57 BC		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Edfu_Temple
[arb] جامعة القرويين Jāmiʻat al-Qarawīyīn	mosque	Fez	857 – 859		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Al-Qarawiyyin
[arb] القبة المرابطية Qubba al-Ba'diyyin	monument	Marrakesh	1117 or 1125	Almoravid	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Almoravid_Koubba
[arb] جامع الكتبية Jāmiʕ al-Kutubiyya	mosque	Marrakesh	1147 – betwwen 1158 and 1195	Zirid	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Koutoubia_Mosque
[shi] ⵜⵉⵎⵣⴳⵉⴷⴰ ⵏ ⵜⵉⵏⵎⵍ Timzgida n Tinml	mosque	Tinmel	1148	Almohad	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Great_Mosque_of_Tinmel
[arb] مسجد الصالح طلائع Masjid al-Salih Tala'i	mosque	Cairo	1160	Fatimid	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Al-Salih_Tala%27i_Mosque
[arb] آيت بن حدّو Aït Benhaddou	fortified village	Atlas Mountains	11th century		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:A%C3%AFt_Benhaddou
[arb] مدرسة العطارين Madrasat al-'attārīn	madrasa	Fez	1323 – 1325	Marinid	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Al-Attarine_Madrasa
[arb] قلعة قايتباي Qalʻat Qāyitbāy	citadel	Alexandria	1477 – 1479	Mamluk	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Citadel_of_Qaitbay
[arb] مسجد الصالح طلائع Qaṣr Awlād Sulṭān	fortified granery	Tataouine	15th century		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ksar_Ouled_Soltane
[arb] سبيل وكتاب عبدالرحمن كتخدا Sabīl wa-Kuttāb 'abd-al-Raḥmān Katkhudā	monument, public fountain	Cairo	1744	Mamluk	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sabil_of_Abd_al-Rahman_Katkhuda
[arb] سبيل وكتاب عبدالرحمن كتخدا Qaṣabat Tāwryrt	fortress	Ouarzazate	19th century	Berber	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kasbah_Taourirt
[arb] قَصْر أَلْبَانِيَّة Qaṣr ʔalbāniyya	palace	Marrakesh	19th century	Zirid	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bahia_Palace

Structure

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

main page

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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