Artistic craftwork

Ancient artistic styles have formed in the Region: the one of Egypt, Sumerian; Iranian Achaemenid, Hellenistic. With the oncoming of Islam the tendency to lavishly decorate the ornamented surface prevailed; to use plant and geometrical ornaments, and, most important - the tendency to the introduction of phrases in Arabic into the decorative elements, primarily the citations from the Koran.

Traditional varieties of craftwork are preserved - that of blacksmith's, copper, jewelry, currying, thick felts manufacturing, wool and silk spinning, and many others. A separate, special place is occupied by carpet weaving, especially in Iran, the carpets hand made there are renowned in the whole world.

The Temple of Ammon, Colonnade, Luxor. Egypt. Yu.K. Chistov. 2006.		An Ostrich egg with engraving on the shell. Iran (Persia), The Iranians. The End of the 19th century.