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View of Samarkand.
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View of Samarkand.

Gur-e Amir mausoleum,the tomb of Timur,1405
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Gur-e Amir mausoleum,the tomb of Timur,1405

Madrasah on Registan Square,Samarkand,Uzbekistan.
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Madrasah on Registan Square,Samarkand,Uzbekistan.

The "Golden School" on Rigestan Square,Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
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The "Golden School" on Rigestan Square,Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Turkish mosque in Vidin,Bulgaria.
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Turkish mosque in Vidin,Bulgaria.

The minaret of the Koutoubia-mosque,also called the Mosque of the Booksellers,because books were sold in stalls around the mosque.Sultan Yacoub-el-Mansour (1184-1199) built the 70 m-high minaret in Marrakech; in Sevilla,Spain,he built a similar minaret,the "Giralda".
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The minaret of the Koutoubia-mosque,also called the Mosque of the Booksellers,b...

The minaret of the Koutoubia-mosque,also called the Mosque of the Booksellers,because books were sold in stalls around the mosque.Sultan Yacoub-el-Mansour (1184-1199) built the 70 m-high minaret in Marrakech; in Sevilla,Spain,he built a similar minaret,the "Giralda".
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The minaret of the Koutoubia-mosque,also called the Mosque of the Booksellers,b...

The minaret of the Koutoubia-mosque,also called the Mosque of the Booksellers,because books were sold in stalls around the mosque.Sultan Yacoub-el-Mansour (1184-1199) built the 70 m-high minaret in Marrakech; in Sevilla,Spain,he built a similar minaret,the "Giralda".
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The minaret of the Koutoubia-mosque,also called the Mosque of the Booksellers,b...

Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes, the world's oldest university, begun 970 CE. The west facade with Barbers' Gate.
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Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes,...

Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes, the world's oldest university, begun 970 CE. The central court of the Fatimid period (969-1171).
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Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes,...

Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes, the world's oldest university, begun 970 CE. The central court of the Fatimid period (969-1171).
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Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes,...

Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes, the world's oldest university, begun 970 CE. Cupola and minarets seen from the Fatimid courtyard. (969-1171).
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Mosque al-Ahzar,foremost center of theology in Islam and, with Moroccan Fes,...