Medieval Arab-Persian world: words for a city's temples, rulers and trades
Neighbourhood mosques and the Friday mosque, dar al-imara, souk, ulama, shurta, caravanserais (c. 900-1300). Names only: a culture changes no figure of the city, it gives the sheet its words.
| On the sheet | In this culture |
|---|---|
| Its places of worship | Its neighbourhood mosques |
| Quarter of the places of worship | Around the mosques |
| Quarter of the places of worship: where it lies | around the great mosque (jami, the Friday mosque) and the neighbourhood mosques. |
| Quarter of the powerful: where it lies | in the safest place, near the dar al-imara, the governor's palace, or the citadel. |
| The market | The souk |
| The market: where the market is held | in the souk, where merchants gather by trade. |
| Clergy | Ulama and imams |
| Scribes and public writers | Secretaries (katib) |
| Guards | Shurta (police) |
| Physicians and healers | Physicians (hakim) |
| Merchants | Merchants, grouped by trade |
| Innkeepers | Caravanserais (khan, funduq) |
Hear it
- The town: Middle Eastern City (on Patreon, Guardian tier)
- The market: Bazaar (album RPG Ambiences Vol. 3)
- Around the places of worship: City Temple (album RPG Ambiences Vol. 6)
- The upper town: Palace Corridors (album RPG Ambiences Vol. 5)
- The fire trades: Medieval Industrial District (on Patreon, Guardian tier)
Other cultures
Medieval Europe, Imperial Rome, Nahua (Aztecs), Inca (Quechua), Song China, Mali (Mande), Dwarven (fantasy)
Orders of magnitude for play: sourced figures and Hearth estimates together. Every source, and every figure still waiting for one, is listed in the builder under Sources.
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