unit 7 (west and central asia) identifiers

Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple

Nabataean Ptolemaic and Roman

c. 400 BCE-100 CE

Cut rock

Buddha

Bamiyan, Afghanistan

Gandharan

c. 400-800 CE (destroyed in 2001)

Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint

Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple

Lhasa, Tibet

Yarlung Dynasty

Believed to have been brought to Tibet in 641 CE

Gilt metals with semiprecious stones, pearls, and paint; various offerings

The Kaaba

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Islamic

Pre-Islamic monument; rededicated by Muhammad in 631-632 CE; multiple renovations

Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread

Dome of the Rock

Jerusalem

Islamic, Umayyad

691-692 CE, with multiple renovations

Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome

Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)

Isfahan, Iran

Islamic, Persian: Seljuk, Il-Khanid, Timurid and Safavid Dynasties

c. 700 CE; additions and restorations in the 14th, 18th, and 20th centuries CE

Stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile

Folio from a Qur’an

Arab, North Africa, or Near East

Abbasid

c. eighth to ninth century CE

Ink, color, and gold on parchment

Basin (Baptistère de St. Louis)

Muhammad ibn al-Zain

c. 1320-1340 CE

Brass inlaid with gold and silver

Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama

Islamic; Persian, Il’Khanid

c. 1330-1340 CE

Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper

The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp’s Shahnama

Sultan Muhammad

c. 1522-1525 CE

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

The Ardabil Carpet

Maqsud of Kashan

1539-1540 CE

Silk and wool