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Title
Author
# of Pages
Great Architecture of the World
John Julius Norwich, Ed.
288

Contents

Foreword    (p. 7)
Introduction    (p. 9)
The Exotic Worlds
    China and Japan    (p. 12)
    India    (p. 24)
    Pre-Hispanic    (p. 32)
The Ancient World
    Mesopotamia and the Near East    (p. 38)
    Egypt    (p. 46)
    The Aegean    (p. 52)
    Greece    (p. 56)
    Rome    (p. 66)
The Middle Ages
    Early Christian, Byzantine and Carolingian    (p. 78)
    Romanesque    (p. 94)
    Castles    (p. 108)
    Gothic    (p. 114)
    Islam    (p. 130)
The Renaissance
    Italian Renaissance    (p. 142)
    Spread of the Renaissance    (p. 156)
    Baroque    (p. 172)
    Colonial Styles    (p. 196)
The Modern Ages
    The Nineteenth Century    (p. 202)
    New Beginnings    (p. 218)
    Developments since 1918    (p. 232)
Gazetteer    (p. 266)
Glossary    (p. 282)
Index    (p. 284)
About the Authors and Acknowledgments    (p. 288)