Regional and Traditional Architecture of the Middle East and North Africa

Named regional and traditional building traditions this atlas records as belonging to the Middle East or North Africa, including transnational traditions centered there even where they also spread widely beyond it: Islamic architecture generally, Ottoman architecture, Mughal architecture, and Moorish architecture in Al-Andalus and the Maghreb. Belongs here: any regional or traditional architecture entry this atlas records as originating in or centered on the Middle East or North Africa, including the Caucasus. Does not belong here: a tradition whose own center lies in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa or Europe, gathered under one of this subcategory's other regional groups even where it shares some Islamic influence.