Decoding the Road: Computational Tessellation of Central Asian Architecture - 3.31.16 from islamic google new Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 44 min 20 sec
✓ Published: 29-Apr-2016

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Central Eurasia, Inner Asia, Transoxiana, the “silk road”, or simply the ‘stans, whatever you choose to call it, Central Asia evokes a certain image of camels laboring over expansive roads, mountain passes, and oasis cities. What is often left out of the conversation is the period of enlightenment and progress that was forged in the geographic region from the time of the Arab Conquest to the rule of Tamerlane. This period is marked by polymaths and individual thinkers who went on to make s