Calligraphy- the art of producing decorative handwriting or lettering with a pen or a brush
Arabesque a complex ornate design that usually incorporates flowers leaves and generic designs.
Influences of Muslim art
when empire expanded different techniques were picked up
Persian and Chinese was picked up as well
Living things were not in art because they didn't want things to be worshiped
Architecture Mourish architecture was used to describe Islamic architect of north Africa and parts of Spain and Portugal
Holy sanctuary of KA'ba
The sanctuary was the most important thing created in the Islamic architecture
Is very important to there religion.
A set of girih tiles were used to decorate buildings
The great mosque of Samara in Iraq completed in 847 ad combined the hypo style architecture of rows of columns by making a huge spiraling minaret.
Muslim scholars thought math was the basis of all knowledge.
during this age algebra was developed.
There were also several advances math in this period.
Such as arithmetic calculus geometry cryptography and numbering.
Literature
Book of 1001 nights
has many authors and story's
some of the story are well known
The basic idea is there is a Persian king and his wife
The girl successfully keeps the king interested by telling story's for 1001 nights then she runs out of story's and is killed.
Shehnameh tells mainly the mythical and to some extent the historical past of Iran from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century.
Authors
Amir kord Sirar al awha
Ibn al muqaffa wrote several things
Abu Nuwas poet
Ibn Daud Book of the flower
Authors would write in different genres
Folk tales
stage plays
Poetry
Short story's
Novels
Morals and Messages
Qasida Poem depicting a poets journey
Ghazel Islamic religious content
Rovai Persian influenced poems
Maqamah Arabic spirit stories tells what the author has learned from his or her experiences
very religious and educational
Trade
Spread Muslim culture to Europe
created silk road
Many cities exported goods that they produced.
Bank system
Islam was the first to implement a non debt based currency
Was first to implement ethical banking
Also investment of interest based loans.
Sakk
Arabic name for financial certificates equivilant to a bond.
They are securities that are based with Islamic law.
Prohibit of charging interest
Fixed income interest bearing bonds are prohibited.
traded many things like animals and raw goods and metals.
Who they traded with
Mameluke
ottomans the main ones
Safavid
Dinar was there currency
Gold dinar is called Mancus
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