Hist 48 A History of the Middle East

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Hist 48A History of the Middle East

• Tom Logan
• tlogan_at_mpc.edu

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The Middle East
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Sheba
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Byzantine
Sassanian
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Byzantium
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Sassanian
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Mecca, or Makkah
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Muhammad, c. 570-632
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Koran or Quran
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Hijra to
Medina 622
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Rule of the 1st four CaliphsAbu Bakr,
UmarUthman Ali632-661
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Islams Golden Age

• The Umayyad and Abbasid Dynasties

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Umayyad Caliphate661-750
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Umayyad Mosques
Damascus
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
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Mosques Early-Late
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Consists of 1 Minaret 2 Courtyard or portico
(in rainy areas) 3 covered prayer room 4 Mihrab
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Samarra Mosque, 847-61
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Mosque of Ibn Tulun Cairo, 879 AD 265 H.
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Minarets across the world
Cairo
China
Timbuktu, Mali
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Seljuk Minaret
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Umayyad Mosque Damascus, 714/15
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Cordoba, Prayer Hall
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Mihrab, Seljuk
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Mamluk Mihrab And Minbar
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Abbasid
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Abbasid Gateway, Baghdad
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