Tagarchief: Palace of Varakhsha

Silk Roads: Islamic Interactions

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Ik pak de draad weer op met mijn verslag van de tentoonstelling
Silk Roads eind vorige jaar/begin dit jaar in London.

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Londen, British Museum, Silk Roads, Elephant riders in battle, Palace of Varakhsha, Bukhara region, Uzbekistan, about AD 730, wall painting.

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Large Buddha, Bamiyan, Cave number 5, Afghanistan, AD 500s.

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The game of Kings.

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Excavated in Samarkand, Afrasiab, Uzbekistan, AD 700.

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Kufic script on ceramic dish, Nishapur, Iran (Livelihood is distributed by God among the people), AD 900s.

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