Architecture

===The passionate acquisitiveness of learning and knowledge of early Islam was responsible for the development of a great architectural and artistic culture. Much of the artistic and architectural styles considered “Islamic” were developed early in the history of the Islamic civilization.===

===The largest and usually the most recognizable of Islamic cultural creations are its mosques. The word //mosque// is derived from the Arab word //masjid// meaning “a place where one prostrates one’s self.”===

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|| The Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey (completed 1616 C.E.) ||

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