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" Kabul art and architecture - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Schadl, Marcus
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English
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1062382
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ALei2779
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Schadl, Marcus
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Kabul art and architecture - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Schadl, Marcus
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(2,784 words)
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Kabul , capital and principal city of modern Afghanistan, has a history of art and architecture spanning over two millennia but only few material remains survived. Kabul blossomed at times as a provincial garrison town and major trade post, at other times as the centre of the various pre-Islamic and Islamic empires that dominated the Hindu Kush region, the proverbial “crossroads of Asia” and “gateway to India,” amalgamating cultural influences from Hellenic, Persian, Arabo-Islamic, Central Asian, and Indian civilisations. Numerous remains and archaeological finds both within, and in the
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Islam.
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ALei2779.pdf
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