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This is a list of the largest cities in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states, based on the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects report (2010 population estimates from the report's 2007 revision). [1]
Al-Idrīsī defined his maps differently. He considered the extent of the known world to be 160° and had to symbolize 50 dogs in longitude and divided the region into ten parts, each 16° wide. In terms of latitude, he portioned the known world into seven 'climes', determined by the length of the longest day.
Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam. It encompasses both secular and religious styles from the early history of Islam to the present day. The Islamic world encompasses a wide geographic area historically ranging from western Africa and Europe to eastern Asia.
List of cities by elevation. The following is a list of the world's major cities (either capitals, more than one million inhabitants or an elevation of over 1,000 m [3,300 ft]) by elevation. In addition, the country, continental region, latitude and longitude are shown for all cities listed. While the elevation of cities may vary enormously ...
This is a list of largest cities in the Arab world. The Arab world is here defined as the 22 member states of the Arab League. [1] Largest cities
Ekistics. Shinjuku skyscrapers (foreground) and Mount Fuji (background) in Tokyo, the world's most populous city. List of largest cities. List of cities proper by population density. Conurbation. Megacity. Megalopolis. Settlement hierarchy. Cities portal.
Muslims are the overwhelming majority in Central Asia, [ 38] the majority in the Caucasus, [ 39][ 40] and widespread in Southeast Asia. [ 41] India has the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries. [ 42] Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, and Egypt are home to the world’s second, fourth, sixth and seventh largest Muslim ...
At their height, the territory that was conquered by the Arab Muslims stretched from Iberia (at the Pyrenees) in the west to India (at Sind) in the east; Muslim control spanned Sicily, most of the Middle East and North Africa, and the Caucasus and Central Asia.