The range and scope of the Roman and Islamic empires, from South Asia to Western Europe, across North Africa and north into Central Europe, constructed and developed rich, deep, complex aspects of human culture. The visual arts, architecture, the sciences, public policy, and commerce attained spectacular achievements during the highest points in these empires. In addition, the concepts that emerged in these empires conjoined, in many ways, to form the nature of how we live today.

We can see the elements of Roman and Islamic architecture here in Los Angeles. There are many buildings that are derived from both the architecture and the ornamentation.
You see these buildings when you walk downtown, when you drive almost everywhere.

Discuss the influence of Roman and Islamic culture on your own daily experience.