| A | B |
|---|
| mihrab | niche in wall indicating direction of Mecca |
| qibla | wall in mosque in which mihrab is set |
| minaret | mosque tower for calling faithful to prayer |
| mosque | Islamic/Moslem "church" |
| mecca | holy site of Moslem worship |
| muezzin | man who calls for prayer from minaret |
| arabesque | precise, geometrically based repeated design |
| calligraphy | writing that enhances the holy word of Allah |
| Koran | sacred book of the Moslem faith |
| dome | integral structure on a mosque |
| taj mahal | moslem mausoleum for a queen in India, 17th century CE |
| Alhambra | famed mosque in Spain |
| dome of the rock | mosque on Temple Mount in Jerusalem |
