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  The interior of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. The entire interior is covered with lush carpets.  
       
  Ablution rites by male Muslims, before entering the mosque to pray, in the central courtyard of the New Mosque (1550 in Istanbul.  
       
  A public toilet at the ancient city of Ephesus, in western Turkey. For long, Ephesus was a major trading port and the western terminus of the famous Silk Road.  
       
  The Library at Ephesus. Once a great city of the ancient world, Ephesus declined after the harbor dried up.  
       
  Typical buildings in Sa'naa, the capital of the Arabian city of North Yemen. Nearby are the remains of the ancient city of the Queen of Sheba.  
       
  Turkish men drinking at a café in Bursa, in western Turkey. Note the absence of women. Bursa was the capital of the Ottoman state bore its conquest of Constantinople.  
       
  The Lion Court at Alhambra, at Granada in southern Spain. This court is renowned for the stone lions surrounding the fountain in the center of the interior court.  
       
   
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