1. Mosques Venus Beamon 2/9/09

2. definition A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam

3. Facts Serves as a place where Muslims can come together for salat A humble way for humans to recreate pure divine presence on earth. Mosques were built outside of the Arabian peninsula as Muslims moved to other parts of the world.

4. About it… Al-’Abbas Mosque Its in Karbala Iraq Built in 672 AD/6 AH

5. Picture facts Minarets of the great mosque Its was built in Xian-china February 3, 2004

6. Another mosque Name- Niu Jie mosque. Located in Beijing China..

7. Global history theme.. Architecture- Because these are buildings and the definition of architecture is a building Ex. Mosque building Another one is Belief systems- because the Muslims go there and the pray for what they believe in and what they think is right.

8. Websites… http://www.google.com/ http://looklex.com/e.o/mosque.ht mhttp://looklex.com/e.o/mosque.ht m http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos quehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mos que http://www.islamicity.com/Orgs/ http://lexicorient.com/e.o/mosqu e.htm