ArCHIAM. “Lecture 3: Ports and Centres of Exchange.” Part three of 10 presentations developed for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Education Programme, 2018.
Description
In this lecture you will learn about:
the relevance of trade and interconnections in the development of cosmopolitan cities;
urban structures and architectural features of ‘sea port’ and ‘land port’ cities in different contexts;
engagement with the sea and desert frontiers of Islam, through examples of ‘high’ and ‘peripheral’ Islamic architectural contexts;
the historical background of Zanzibar (Tanzania), Timbuktu (Mali), Muscat and Sinaw (Oman).
