Identifier: cyclopediauniver1950ridp (find matches)
Title: Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: World history Ethnology World history
Publisher: Boston : Balch Bros.
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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YOUNG LADY OF ISPAHAN—TYPE.I by Adrien Marie, from a photograph by Madan ■ Dieulafoy. of the Zoroastrians. The materials ofsuch building are cut stone and bricks. The smaller architecture of the Per-sians has but little interest to the traveler. The houses of the people Aspect of Per- are square in ground plan t^;^:^^and have flat roofs. This decorations,gives to the structures the appearance ofcubes. The materials are wood, brick,
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ARCHITECTURE OF THE PERSIANS.—Tomb of Iman Molsa, at Kazhemeine.—Drawn by Barclay, from a photograph. THE IRANIANS. —ARCHITECTURE. 627 and stone. White is pi-eferred as thecolor of the exterior. The plan is uni-formly followed, and the appearance ofbuildings is correspondingly monot-onous. The Per-sian town or cityis unattractive initself, though thesurroundings arebeautiful. It isthe custom toplant gardens andorchards aroundthe towns in closesetting againstthem. The abun-dance of rosetrees and otherflowering shrubsin the gardensand yards makethe towns to ap-pear emboweredViewed from adistance the pic-ture thus affordedis sometimes exquisite. But within the cities theillusion is dispelled. Thestreets are neveiimproved. The\are merely nar-row roads of claj.and are alwaj seither dusty oimuddy. They aietoo narrow as arule to permit ofthe passage ofwheeled vehicles,and are uneven for want of paving. The disposition and tastes of the Per-sians, however, have compensated forthe lack o

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