Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Traditional-Architectures:-Western-Asia

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Generic Structure

structure	function	place of origin	time	image
suká סוכה [heb] suke סוכּה [yid]	hut			https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sukkah

Specific Building

building	function	location	time	style	image
al-Masjid al-Nabawī المسجد النبوي [arb]	mosque	Medina	founded 623		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Al-Masjid_an-Nabawi
al-Masjid al-Aqṣā المسجد الأقصى [arb]	mosque complex	Jerusalem	founded 637		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Al-Aqsa
Qaṣr Ḥarrānh قصر حرّانة [arb]	castle	Amman	built 710		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Qasr_Kharana
al-Jāmiʿ al-Umawī الجامع الأموي [arb]	mosque	Damascus	built 715	Umayyad	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Umayyad_Mosque
al-Masjid al-Abyad المسجد الأبيض [arb] HaMisgad HaLavan המסגד הלבן [heb]	mosque	Ramle	built 717; rebuilt 1047	Umayyad, Mamluk	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:White_Mosque,_Ramla
Qaṣr al-Khayr al-Gharbī قصر الحير الغربي [arb]	mosque	Palmyra	built 727	Umayyad	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Qasr_al-Heir_al-Gharbi
Qaṣr al-Hayr al-Sharqi قصر الحير الشرقي [arb]	castle	Palmyra	built between 728 and 729		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Qasr_al-Heir_al-Sharqi
Qaṣr ʿAmrah قصر عمرة [arb]	castle	Amman	built 743		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Quseir_Amra
Qaṣr al-Ḥalābāt قصر الحلابات [arb]	castle	Amman	built 8th century		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Qasr_Al-Hallabat
Qalʿat Jubayl قلعة صيدا البحرية [arb]	castle	Byblos	built 11th century; rebuilt 1197		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Byblos_Castle
Qalʿat Ṭarābulus قلعة طرابلس [arb]	fortress	Tripoli	founded 1102; built 1109		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Citadel_of_Tripoli
Qalʿāt al-Shaqīf قلعة الشقيف [arb]	castle	Arnoun	after 1139		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Beaufort_Castle,_Lebanon
Kalaat Saida al-Bahriya قلعة صيدا البحرية [arb]	fort	Sidon	built 1228		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sea_Castle_(Sidon)
Kanīs Dayr al-Qamar كنيس دير القمر [arb]	synagogue	Deir el Qamar	built 1638		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Deir_al-Qamar
Kātidrāʿīyat al-Qiddīs Jāwurjiyūs lil-Rūm al-Urthūdhuks كاتدرائية القديس جاورجيوس للروم الارثوذكس [arb]	cathedral	Beirut	founded 1764; built 1772		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:St._George_Greek_Orthodox_Cathedral,_Beirut
Qaṣr Bayt al-Dīn قصر بيت الدين [arb]	palace	Beiteddine	founded 1788; built 1818		https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Beiteddine
Qaṣr al-Maṣmak قصر المصمك [arb]	fort; museum	Riyadh	founded 1865; built 1895	Najdi	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Masmak_fort
Kātidrāʿīyat Mār Jirjis llmwārnh كاتدرائية مار جرجس للموارنة [arb]	cathedral	Beirut	founded 1884; built 1894	Neoclassical	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:St._George_Maronite_Cathedral,_Beirut

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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