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Muslim Empire Literature-

the book of one thousand and one night story- about a Persian king and his new bride. discovers that his brothers wife is unfaithful. also discovers his own wife's secret is even more revealed.

Authors- Hanan al-shaykh wrote; the book of one thousand and one night. Shanhnameh ferdowsi was a poet. he Was considered to be one of the greatest poets. Abu Bakr Muhammad idn Zakariya al razi also known as al- rezi wrote Kitab AL-mansuri fi al.

Genres- they rhymed most of the time. for centuries it used traditional., right, and distinctive form in a highly stylized way. novels short stories and dramas didn't show up in the Islamic.

Qitah- literary form used for the less serious matter of everyday life. masnavi- the doubled one.

morals and message- believed in worshipping their one gad Allah. golden rile of the Qur'an: treat other how you want to be treated. Muslims participate in Ramadan which is held the same month the Qur'an come out. 

Artwork and Architecture of the Muslim empire-  Calligraphy- a type of visual art related to writing. Arabesque- an arnamental sign of interwritned flowing lines found in decoration.

Artwork- the Muslims used artwork to artwork to reflect their cultural values. Allah is the center of the Muslims so they also did a lot of their artwork based on the idea of him.

Art religion- the Muslim people did art in floral and shaped designs because they thought basing artwork off of people was a sin and was forbidden i the Qur'an

Architecture- the first buildings that were built in the Islamic empire were designed by Greek architects.

Kairouan- a mosque which would be like our churches

Math used- geometry. they used shapes to build architecture.

famous buildings- the sacred masque is located in the city of mecca. its a place where Muslims went to worship.

Dome of rock- Muslim temple in Jerusalem https://mrbruns.ning.com/profiles/blog/new

Muslim calligraphy- cursive styles were easier to write and read and soon replaced the earlier geometric style

math and science Muslim Empire-  Al-Khwarizmi- he was born before 780 in Baghdad, Iraq and died before 850. he was a  mathematician and astronomers.

Ibn Al-Haytham born in Basra, Iraq in 965. made great contributions to science

astronomy- they found a huge amount of stars. aldebaran.

Al-jabra it means algebra. it refers to the process of moving a subtracted quantity to the other side of an equation.

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