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Architecture in Afghanistan

The architecture of Afghanistan is reflective of a range of influences that stem from the vast and colourful history of the country – both due to the cultural transfer that occurred with travel along the Silk Road as well as the landlocked position of the country in the south of Central Asia. This factor in particular allowed for an almost constant cycle of invasion from surrounding powers and empires, with each greatly affecting the architecture of the time. Architectural influences in the pre-Islamic period include Early Iranian, Early Buddhist and Sasanian architecture, followed by Samanid, Ghaznavid and Seljuk influence after the 9th century Muslim conquest of Afghanistan. Timurid and then Late Islamic architecture characterised construction since that time, with more contemporary focuses beginning in 2002 in the wake of the decades of war and destruction the country faced.

References I wish to include in my article

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