LA 1201 Chapter : Historical Overview LA1201
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Some added water to the land with crop. Had water ponds for fish, walls to keep farming secure, vines something for shade, and the water add cooling to the air. 622 ad mohammed came onto the sceen, dark ages in the west; algebra. Draw a rectangle, divide it evenly into four parts; you have just drawn the plan of an islamic gov"t. Patios no idea why he"s talking about buildings because we are suppose to learn about the landscape Chose hillside for amptheatre, could build quicker, easier. Site affected arch, arch magnified site and vice versa. Could meet in center of town, place of meeting. Houses very much like french quarter, built right on street. Make an outdoor room, to expand living space. They had agriculture, which was outside of the wall. Monasteries would post on top of mountains, they could read and write. Plants - mainly green make a fountain like they did because of higher elevation.
