The pointed arch, one of the defining attributes of Gothic, was earlier incorporated into <answer>Islamic architecture</answer> 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.
Which type of architecture first used the pointed arch during the seventh century?
Islamic architecture