Context: The pointed arch, one of the defining attributes of Gothic, was earlier incorporated into Islamic architecture following the Islamic conquests of Roman Syria and the Sassanid Empire in the Seventh Century. The pointed arch and its precursors had been employed in Late Roman and Sassanian architecture; within the Roman context, evidenced in early church building in Syria and occasional secular structures, like the Roman Karamagara Bridge; in Sassanid architecture, in the parabolic and pointed arches employed in palace and sacred construction.

Question: What is one defining characteristic of the Gothic architectural style?
Answer: The pointed arch

Question: Which type of architecture first used the pointed arch during the seventh century?
Answer: Islamic architecture

Question: What other type of architecture also made use of the pointed arch?
Answer: Sassanian architecture

Question: The Roman Karamagara Bridge is an example of what type of structure?
Answer: secular structures

Question: Parabolic and pointed arches were used in what type of constrcution?
Answer: palace and sacred construction

Question: What is the only defining characteristic of the Gothic architectural style?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Which type of architecture first used the pointed arch during the fifth century?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What other type of architecture also made use of the curved arch?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What type of construction involved many twisted arches?
Answer: Unanswerable