Centuries-old high-rise buildings made largely of these materials designate the city of Shibam as the “Manhattan of the desert”. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these materials, which are partly made from fermented plant husks. The largest structure made of a type of these materials called barco is located in Djenné (“jen-AY”).
ANSWER: mud-bricks [accept adobe; prompt on mud or bricks]
[10e] That structure in Djenné is the “Great” one of these places. Unusually for its time, six minarets surround the “Blue” one of these locations, whose qibla wall faces the direction of prayer.
ANSWER: mosque [accept the Great Mosque of Djenné; accept Blue Mosque]
[10h] Mud-brick was used for a number of these other locations, whose large portals entered into a rectangular courtyard that may include water for wudu, identical stalls, and an apartment complex.
ANSWER: caravanserai [or caravansary; prompt on roadside inns]
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