artwork
calligraphy decorative handwriting with pen or brush in books
arabesque complex design has flowers leaves geometric designs paainting rugs and what not
influence when empire roman and christian art was picked up Allah and Islam religion living things were not in art so people wouldn't warship it
Moorish architecture north africa and parts of Spain moors were dominate in 711-1492 Moorish architecture reached its peak in the construction of the Alhambra
in 603 Muhammads army captured the city of Mecca reconstructed the Ka'ba this was the first major work of Islamic architecture
girih used to create decorative patterns
the great mosque of Samara in Iraq completed in 847 A.D.
Al Khwarizmi invented algebra
trigonometry was also invented by Muslims
literature
the book of 1000 night ia a collection of aribic tales many
the basic idea in a persian king kills a bunch of virgins
eventualy the king marryed a girl amd she told him storys for 1001 nights
shahnameh a long epic poem written between 977 and 1010 and is the national epic of Iran and related societies
it traces historical links between the beginnings of the religion and the last ruler of persia
authers
Amir Kord
Ibn Al-Muqaffa
Abunuwas
Al Mu'tazz
Ibn Da'ud
Genres
folk tales
stage plays
short stories
poetry
novels
Messages
Quasida poem
Ghazel religious content
Qitah carefree jokes
Roba'i Persian influenced poems
Maqamah spirit stories
Trade
routes spread Muslim culture to Europe
made silk road
many cities had their own goods
lead to wealth
they had a non debt based system Islam was the first system to implement ethical banking
sakks Arabic name for financial certificates = to a bond
prohibit charging interest
traded to the ottomans manluks safavids
dinar is their money
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