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Bazaar

A bazaar or souk is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stalls or shops, especially in West Asia, North Africa, the Balkans, Central Asia, and South Asia. They are traditionally located in vaulted or covered streets that have doors on each end and served as a city's central marketplace.

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Bazaar

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related to Gallery of paintings and drawings · 36
Bazaar → Alexandre Defaux, Amadeo Preziosi, Amedeo Preziosi, Amin-o-Dowleh, Anton Robert Leinweber, Cairo, Charles Wilda, Coppersmiths, David Roberts, Delhi, Descriptive, Edwin Lord Weeks, Egypt, El Moo Ristan, Georg Ebers, Grand Bazaar, Historical, India, Iran, Istanbul
related to Origins in antiquity · 25
Bazaar → Alexander, Archeological, Bazaars, BCE, Egypt, Egyptian, Great, Greek, Greeks, He, Herodotus, Historical, In Achaemenid Persia, Iran, Markets, Mesopotamia, Persepolis, Persian, Scholar Mohammad Gharipour, Seleucid
related to Further reading · 24
Bazaar → Agah Publications, Ali, Assari, Azita Rajabi, Case Studies, Compararative Sustainability, December, Desire, Engineering, International Journal, Iranian Traditional Cities, Isfahan, January, Mage Publications, Mahesh, Mehdi KhansariThe Morphology, PDF, Persian Bazaar, Physical Problems, Retrieved
related to 21st century · 23
Bazaar → Al-Madina Souk, Aleppo, Ancient Aleppo, Fez, In West Asia, Iran, Islamic, It, Kemeraltı Bazaar, Kifah, Kissariat, Lar, Morocco, Qaisiyariye, Syria, Tabriz, Tala'a Kebira, The Bazaar, The Medina, Today
related to Islamic period · 16
Bazaar → According, Baghdad, CE, Despite, Eight, He, Hijrah, Islamic, Khan, Medina, Mirjan, Most, Muhammad, Muslim, Quran, The
related to Layout and architecture · 14
Bazaar → Although, Another, English, In, It, Its, North Africa, Often, One, Permanent, The, They, This, West Asia
related to Bazaar · 13
Bazaar → Arabic, English, Europe, In North America, Indian, It, Middle Persian, New Persian, Old Persian, Persian, Proto-Indo-Iranian, The, West Asia
related to Souk · 10
Bazaar → Akkadian, Arabic-speaker, Arabic-speaking, Aramaic, English, French, In Modern Standard Arabic, The, The Arabic, The English
related to External links · 9
Bazaar → Architecture, Cambridge University Press, Chisholm, December, Encyclopædia Britannica, Hugh, Iran Chamber Society, Isfahan, Vol
related to Organization and institutions · 9
Bazaar → Bazaars, Each, Guilds, Merchants, Prices, Shopping, The, This, West Asia

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market bazaars also known souk west souks asia markets cities city streets trade usually islamic street goods typically world central

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Bazaaris anetwork of interconnected spaces0.90text
Mahane Yehuda in Jerusalem are often covered rows of stalls much like those seen elsewhere in the regioninstance ofMarkets0.80text
selling produceinstance ofMarkets0.80text
spicesinstance ofMarkets0.80text
halvahinstance ofMarkets0.80text
and even clothing.VariationsIn northern Moroccoinstance ofMarkets0.80text
the Spanish corruption socco is often used as in the Grand Soccoinstance ofMarkets0.80text
Petit Socco of Tangiersinstance ofMarkets0.80text
Basra in Iraqinstance ofwhile purpose-built markets were built in early Islamic cities further abroad0.80text
Fustat in Egyptinstance ofwhile purpose-built markets were built in early Islamic cities further abroad0.80text
and Kairouan in Tunisiainstance ofwhile purpose-built markets were built in early Islamic cities further abroad0.80text
the gold soukinstance ofeach usually housed in a few narrow streets and named after the product it specializes in0.80text

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