00:2900:29, 14 May 2023diffhist−3,236
Pointed arch
The arch of Karamagara Bridge, with a substantial span of 17 m, is definitively structural and so are many other pre-Islamic examples that Warren cites (pp-61-63). (see talk)
23:5623:56, 13 May 2023diffhist−4,269
Pointed arch
These Indian examples are no proper (=built) arches with a load-bearing (=structural) function, but openings cut into stones with a pointed tipTag: Reverted
23:5223:52, 13 May 2023diffhist+68
Pointed arch
cf. Creswell's Use of the Theory of Dating by the Acuteness of the Pointed Arches in Early Muslim Architecture, p. 61-63Tag: Reverted
18:3618:36, 29 July 2022diffhist+1,506
Walter Scheidel
(Undid revision 1039825647 by Somedifferentstuff (talk) *Restore biographical details: sources are provided inter alia at external links
02:5902:59, 21 September 2021diffhist−2,076
List of Chinese inventions
*Rather tiles than bricks. Proper brick construction for walls and vaults dates only to the 3rd century BC on present evidence (Lukas Nickel: Bricks in Ancient China and the Question of Early Cross-Asian Interaction, Arts Asiatiques, Vol. 70 (2015), pp. 49-62 (50f.))
17:1317:13, 7 November 2020diffhist−110
Joe Biden
Media has no institutional power to declare a president-elect and Trump has not conceded. The president is elected by the
United States Electoral College in the US constitution (see talk "Calls by private firms such as Decision Desk HQ")Tag: Reverted
00:2900:29, 14 May 2023diffhist−3,236
Pointed arch
The arch of Karamagara Bridge, with a substantial span of 17 m, is definitively structural and so are many other pre-Islamic examples that Warren cites (pp-61-63). (see talk)
23:5623:56, 13 May 2023diffhist−4,269
Pointed arch
These Indian examples are no proper (=built) arches with a load-bearing (=structural) function, but openings cut into stones with a pointed tipTag: Reverted
23:5223:52, 13 May 2023diffhist+68
Pointed arch
cf. Creswell's Use of the Theory of Dating by the Acuteness of the Pointed Arches in Early Muslim Architecture, p. 61-63Tag: Reverted
18:3618:36, 29 July 2022diffhist+1,506
Walter Scheidel
(Undid revision 1039825647 by Somedifferentstuff (talk) *Restore biographical details: sources are provided inter alia at external links
02:5902:59, 21 September 2021diffhist−2,076
List of Chinese inventions
*Rather tiles than bricks. Proper brick construction for walls and vaults dates only to the 3rd century BC on present evidence (Lukas Nickel: Bricks in Ancient China and the Question of Early Cross-Asian Interaction, Arts Asiatiques, Vol. 70 (2015), pp. 49-62 (50f.))
17:1317:13, 7 November 2020diffhist−110
Joe Biden
Media has no institutional power to declare a president-elect and Trump has not conceded. The president is elected by the
United States Electoral College in the US constitution (see talk "Calls by private firms such as Decision Desk HQ")Tag: Reverted