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‘In summing up the architectural development of the Seljuk period,* three points seem to be particularly significant.

One is the expansion of building typology and the creation of new monumental architectural forms, thus illustrating an expansion of patronage and a growing complexity** of taste.

The second point is that, regardless of the quality and interest of monuments in the Fertile Crescent, Egypt, and Anatolia, the most inventive and exciting architecture in the 11^th and 12^th centuries [ce]*** was that of Iran.**** But, far more than in the preceding period, regional needs and # regional characteristics seem to predominate over synchronic and pan-Islamic ones.

Finally, there was a striking growth of architectural decoration#* both in sophistication of design and in variation of technique.

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*[See last previous ts journal entry but one]

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***2048A~1024|J~1280[ce]

****(where are / will be Shiism and Sufism)

#J~=Fragmentation

#*J~-G~ff characteristic

#** – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 22:] 89

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