The Alhambra , Granada, Spain, Nasrid Dynasty, 1354-1391, white-washed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gliding The Alhambra  in Granada, Spain was a fortress complex made in the Nasrid Dynasty of Islamic Spain and it was created sometime during 1354 to 1391 with white washed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gliding. It was a palace made for the caliphate, the leaders of an Islamic government, but also acted as a military fortress. Because of this, it had characteristics of both...

Templo Mayor , Tenochtitlan (modern-day Mexico City), Aztec, 1375-1520, Indigenous Americas Templo Mayor  is the main temple in the city of Tenochtitlan, modern-day Mexico City and the capital of the Aztec Empire, in the most sacred part of the city. Templo Mayor was most likely the location of the most important ritual and ceremonial events. It was made during the period of 1375 to 1520 out of stone covered in stucco. It was made on a very large scale, and it could have been seen from four...

"Peace side," Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur , modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq, Sumerian, 2600-2400 BCE, wood inlaid with shell,...