Ruins of the White Temple

Uruk, Sumer

34th century BCE

Stele of Naram-sin

Akkad

23rd Century BCE

Votive Statue of Gudea

Lagash

21st Century BCE

Stele of Hammurabi

Babylon

18th Century BCE

Drawing of Palace and Citadel of Sargon II

Dur Sharrukin, Assyria

8th Century BCE

Lamassu in Palace of Assurnasirpal II

Nimrud, Assyria

9th Century BCE

Assurnasirpal II Hunting Lions

Nimrud, Assyria

9th Century BCE

Assurbanipal and His Queen

Niniveh, Assyria

7th Century BCE

Reconstruction Drawing Babylon

Neo-Babylonia

6th Century BCE

Plan of Ceremonial Complex

Persepolis

Achaemenid, Persia

5th-6th Century BCE

Ruins of Ceremonial Complex

Persepolis

Achaemenid, Persia

5th-6th Century BCE

Apadana

Perseplois

Achaemenid, Persia

5th-6th Century BCE

Darius and Xerxes Receiving Tribute

Apadana

Persepolis

Achaemenid, Persia

5th Century BCE

Daric coin

Achaemenid, Persia

4th Century BCE

Painted Synagogue

Dura-Europos

North Mesopotamia

3rd Century CE

House-Church

Dura-Europos

North Mesopotamia

3rd Century CE

Hagia Sophia

Constantinople

Byzantine Empire

6th Century CE

Two Pages from the Rabbula Gospels

Zagba, Syria

6th Century CE

The Kaaba

Mekka, Saudi Arabia

No date

The Dome of the Rock

Jerusalem

Umayyad Dynasty

7th Century CE

The Great Mosque

Cordoba

Umayyad Dynasty

8th Century CE

The Great Mosque of Isfahan

Seljuk Dynasty

11th Century CE

The Great Mosque of Edirne

Ottoman Dynasty

1568-75 CE

(16th Century CE)

Illuminated Page from a Kufic Koran

Syria

Abbasid Dynasty

9th Century CE

Illuminated Tugra of Sultan Suleyman

Istanbul

Ottoman Dynasty

16th Century CE

Bowl with Page Kufic Border

Central Asia

Samania Dynasty

9th Century CE

Glass Oil Lamp

Syria OR Egypt

13th Century CE