muslin empire literature- the book of one thousand and one nights- west and south asian stories and folktales, arabian nights, shows the growing of the urban islamic culture through variety and complexity.
the book of one thousand and one night story- about a persian king and his bride. discovers that his brother's wife is unfaithful. also discovers his own wife's secret is even more revealed. he then executed her. the last woman that he was going to execute kept on telling him good stories and wouldn't finish the stories the night of her execution so he had to push back her execution. this went on for 1001 nights.
Authors- shahnameh ferdowsi was a poet. he was considered to be one of the greatest poets. the poems were wrote in persian.
Genres- poetry. they rhymed most of the time. for centuries it used traditional, rigid, and distinctive form in a highly stylized way. novels, short stories and dramas didn't show up in the islamic world until the modern period. qitah, masnavi,roba'i, maqamah
Morals and messege- believed in worshipping their one god allah, golden rule of the qur'an; treat others how you would want to be treated. muslims participate in ramadan which is held the same month the qur'an came out. muslims are to obey allah and the prophet muhammads word.
Artwork and architecture of muslim empire-
BUI words Calligraphy- a type of visual art related to writing arabesqu- an ornamental design of intertwined flowing lines found in decorations.
artwork- the muslims used 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 in religion- the muslim people did art in floral and shaped designs because they thought basing artwork off of people was a sun and was forbidden in the Qur'an.
architecture- the first buildings that were built in the islamic empire were designed by greek architects. because the greeks were building islamic mosques and not christian churches, they were able to experiment with different designs. through this they created a new islamic style.
math used- geometry they used shapes to build architecture.
famous buildings- the sacred mosque is located in the city of mecca. its a place where muslims went to worship.
dome of rock- muslim temple in jerusalem. the dome of rock is in the center of a greater muslim shrine.
muslim calligraphy- cursive styles were easier to write and read and soon replaced the earlier geometric style. based on arabic script.
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