At one of these buildings in Xian, a moveable staircase provides access to its bangke tower. Three connected chains prevented horseback riders from entering upright into another of these buildings. The exterior walls of one of these buildings, made of ferey mud bricks, are studded with toron, or palm bundles. A building that used to have this function includes a [*] hypost
At one of these buildings in Xian, a moveable staircase provides access to its bangke tower. Three connected chains prevented horseback riders from entering upright into another of these buildings. The exterior walls of one of these buildings, made of ferey mud bricks, are studded with toron, or palm bundles. A building that used to have this function includes a [*] hypostyle hall of double-stacked, red-and-white-striped arches, while the tower of another, covered in diamond sebka reliefs, is known as the Giralda and is also in Andalusia. A spiraling tower at a "great" one at Samarra once overlooked a mihrab showing which wall faced the qibla. For 10 points, name this type of building, from whose minarets Muslims are called to prayer.
At one of these buildings in Xian, a moveable staircase provides access to its bangke tower.
mosques [or masjid]