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I. Influences on the development of architecture
A. Place - climate and materials
B. Technology knowledge
C. Social, cultural and religious
II. Pre-historic:
A. Eastern Europe
B. Western Europe
C. Ancient Mesopotamia
D. Ancient Egypt
E. Pre-Columbian Americas
III. The Greek World
A. Minoans
B. Mycenaeans
C. Archaic Greece
D. Classic Greece
E. Hellenistic Greece
F. City planning
IV. Ancient India and Southeast Asia
A. Early Buddhist shrines
B. Buddhist influence
C. Angkor Wat
D. Early Hindu temples
E. Later Hindu temple
V. Traditional architecture of China and Japan
A. Chinese architectural principles
B. Houses and gardens
C. Japanese Buddhist and Shinto temples
D. Japanese cities, houses and castles
E. Zen Buddhist architecture: Katsura
F. City planning
VI. Indigenous architecture in Pre-Columbian Americas
A. Arctic and Subarctic
B. North-, Central- and South America
VII. The Roman world
A. Etruscan influences
B. Roman architecture
C. Temples
D. Public buildings
E. Residences, urban and rural
F. City planning
VIII. Early Christian and Byzantine architecture
A. Early Christian basilicas
B. Martyria, baptisteries and mausolea
C. Byzantine basilicas and domed basilicas
D. Centrally planned Byzantine churches
E. Byzantine churches in Russia
IX. Islamic architecture
A. Early shrines and palaces
B. Development of the mosque
C. Regional variations in mosque design
D. Columnar halls, Iwan designs, courtyards, pavilions, domed prayer halls
E. Houses, palaces
F. Urban patterns
X. Medieval and Romanesque architecture
A. Carolingian architecture
B. Anglo-Saxon and Viking architecture
C. Early Romanesque architecture
D. Holy Roman Empire architecture
E. Norman architecture
XI. Gothic architecture
A. Early Gothic
B. High Gothic
C. English Gothic
D. German and Italian Gothic
E. Medieval construction
F. Medieval houses and castles
G. Medieval cities
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Buildings Across Time - An Introduction to World Architecture: Moffett, Fazio, Wodehouse; McGraw Hill, 2004
Traditions in Architecture: Crouch and Johnson; Oxford University Press, 2001 (Classic Text)
A History of Architecture: Kostof; Oxford University Press, 1995 (Classic Text)
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