november 13, 2012

[4th sabrina]

muslim empire literature-the book of one thousand and one nights- west and south asian stories and folktalesarabian nightstales- ancient and medieval times arabic, persian, egyptian, and mesopotamian folklorebook is about a persian king and his bridediscovers his brothers wife is unfaithfulAlso discovers his own wifes secret is even more revealedthe then executes hernow thinks all women are the samelasted 1,001 nightsauthor: hanan al- shaykhshahnanneh ferdowsi was a poetconsidered to be one of the greatest poetsabu bakr muhammad ibn zakariya al-razialso known as al- razi wrote kitab al-mansuri fi al tibb (the book of medicine for mansur)poetryrhymed most of the timefor centuries it used traditional, rigid, and distinctive form in a highly stylized waynovels, short stories and dramas didnt show up in the islamic worldghazel-love lyrics from 5 to 12 versesmorals and message- believed in worshipping their one god allahgolden rule of the qur'an: treat others how you want to be treatedbui wordscalligraphy- type of visual art related to writingart in religion- the muslim people did an art in floral and shaped designs because they thought basing artwork off of people was a sin and was forbidden in the qur'ankairoun- mosque which would be like our churchesmath used- geometry