LA 1201 Chapter : La 1201
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Outline starts at the time of middle ages in the west. Clear division (green and brown)- water makes it these diff colors, the water comes from the nile river, which would flood. The water in fountains and ponds in the garden evaporate (absorbs heat from air) In the breeze, sands would fly all over you. The wall keeps out the sand blasting wind and privacy too. Pyramid with a terrace, on terrace there was a depression with soil to grow plants. Developed in mathematics, astronomy, algebra (arabic numeral system that we use) Gardens were meant to be places of paradise on earth. Little river prior to prayer to wash certain parts of your body. Real islamic garden pic- can see the desert in the back. They sit in cool shaded pavilions with persian rugs. Not formal- made a complex of buildings but didn"t put them together. Gases killed people and ruined the whole city.
