Research sustainable lessons from the Ottoman Empire. Choose an Ottoman city, building (e.g., mosque), or landscape (e.g., courtyard) and extract its sustainability lessons.

Directions
Your case study is divided in 4 steps:

1.Research sustainable lessons from the Ottoman Empire. Choose an Ottoman city, building (e.g., mosque), or landscape (e.g., courtyard) and extract its sustainability lessons.

2. Write an 8-page essay – 8 full pages including images and drawing but excluding references and title page.
• Include the following sections (use subtitles)
o Overall history of the Ottoman Empire
o Drawing of a mosque, identifying its main parts and explaining what they are and how they are used (e.g., minaret, mihrab, qibla, minbar, qubba/dome, and sahn)
o Description of your selected city/building/landscape
o Sustainability lessons
• Use at least 5 references from UA Library (books, articles, videos) or the internet (max 2 internet sources)
• Double-spaced, 12 font size
• Include map, diagrams, figures

Final Paper due in the Dropbox by the deadline (see course calendar)
3. Create one PowerPoint slide with a picture and prepare a 1-minute presentation about one of the sections of your paper (landscape/building/city/neighborhood, and the related sustainability lessons). Upload your slide in the Case Study VoiceThread (click on the “pages” icon on the lower left corner) and record your presentation by the deadline (see course calendar)
4. Comment on at least one of your classmates’ presentations by the deadline for the participation points.
Grading
This assignment is graded and worth up to 20% of your grade (total number of points is 30). It will be graded according to the following criteria:
Content = 20 points
• Overall history of the Ottoman Empire – 5 points
• Drawing of a mosque and its parts – 5 points
• Description of an Ottoman city/building/landscape – 5 points
Sustainability lessons – 5 points