Morden-Clark Asiatic Expedition. "A Kazakh Yurt in the Tekes Valley". Tekes River Valley, Tian Shan. 1926 / American Museum of Natural History Library

N. Nekhoroshev, A. Mordvinov. A. L. Kun. Tents of Nomadic Kazakhs. "Turkestan Album" Syr Darya Region. 1871–1872 / Library of Congress

Konstantin De-Lazari. Kazakhs on horseback. 19th century / Wikimedia Commons

D. Bagaev. Life in the Yurt of a Bay in Bayanaul District. Circa 1929 / Public Domain / colored and restored via Gemini

S. M. Prokudin-Gorskii. Street scene with vendors, Kalyan minaret in background, Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Between 1905 and 1915 / Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection (Library of Congress)

The pool (hauz) and Nadir Divan-Beghi khanqah; Lyabi-Hauz ensemble. Bukhara, Uzbekistan / Wikimedia Commons

Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky. Tea room, Samarkand. From the album: "Views in Central Asia, Russian Empire". Between 1905 and 1915 / Heritage Art/Heritage Images / Getty Images

A windcatcher at the Ganjali Khan Complex, Kerman, Iran. 22 October 2016 / Bernard Gagnon / Wikimedia Commons