Najd is a plateau ranging from 762 to 1,525 m (2,500 to 5,003 ft) in height and sloping downwards from west to east. The eastern sections (historically better known as Al-Yamama) are marked by oasis settlements with much farming and trading activities, while the rest has traditionally been sparsely occupied by nomadic Bedouins.

Najdi architecture (Arabic: العمارة النجدية) is a vernacular architecture indigenous to the Najd region of modern-day Saudi Arabia. [1][2][3][4] The style flourished roughly between 13th and 18th centuries and is known for its desert adaptive urban patterns with low-contour earth-structured mudbrick buildings [5][6][7][8] that are characterized ...

Najd, the central region of the present-day Saudi Arabia, is probably one of the last regions in the old world to open up to the rest of the world following the sweeping waves of modernization and later on the reach of globalization.

The geographical area thus delineated as Najd is a great plain of gravel striated by sand bars, with occasional outcropping mountains: the western part of Najd is without permanent settlements of any great importance, but there are considerable numbers of ancient villages, towns and cities in eastern Najd grouped around the arc formed by the Jabal

2015年7月1日 · Throughout history and up until the middle of the twentieth century, available information about Najd, the vast central region of the present-day Saudi Arabia, had generally been scarce,...

The study examines the formation of the Salafi creed in the Medieval Age first and then focuses on the formation of political Salafism with regard to the political developments and conflicts during the Abbasid era.

This article aims at briefly examining available information concerning Najd from antiquity up until the middle of the twentieth century, showing that more than one factor participated in the shortage of information concerning Najd of the past and its culture.

The aim is to understand how the aesthetic appearance of the elements characterized the identity of traditional Najd settlements and how these elements contained multiple functions and varied meanings as understood, and as agreed to, by the local inhabitants.

2023年6月19日 · Najd is the great central plateau of Saudi Arabia, of which Riyadh is the most important city and the capital. The contribution leads the architects to rethink the constructive and aesthetic approach in designing and constructing new architectures without forgetting the culture and historical context of reference.

2024年4月2日 · Major cities are located in the oasis area , including the metropolitan area of Riyadh -Diriyah- Kharj, Buraydah - Unayzah , Hail , and Wadi ad Dawasir. Artifacts from the Qaryat al-Fau ruins in southern Nejd. Hellenistic influences are visible. The middle stone slab is the oldest Arabic relic in Saudi Arabia. [1] 2.1. Ancient: Kingdom of Kinda.