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Muslim Empire Literature

• the book of one  thousand and one nights
  • west and south asian stories and folktales 
  • arabian nights
  • tales: ancient and medieval times
    • arabic, persian, egyptian, and mesopotamian folklore
  • shows the growing of the urban islamic cultu

We took the test today, and started the project.

Started on our tests, and when we fished worked on our projects with our group.

We finished Tina and Micheal's  presentations.

-Define the Progressive Era and why it started(goals).
the control of the government to the people to restore economic opportunity and correct life in America, wanted to make them government more appealing

I was gone

Test day.

The test was today, it will continue tomorrow

We took 2nd nonmap test today

Today we are taking our second non-map test.

today we took our second non-map test.

Today we are taking our second nonmap test.

Today we finished presentations

Weapons and strategy: made bow and arrows, swords, catapults, used Kharash- would put local residents or surrendered soldiers in the front of the army to act as “human shield”’

Genghis Khan- military leader with unbeatable and matched strategies.

Kubla

Mongol Invasion

-When?

• The invasion happened in the 13^th century
• The invasion involved Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland
• Some important dates of the invasion were 1222, 1236-1240, late 1240-1241 and April 11^th 1241
• The very first invasion which was in Russia

Artwork and Architecture

• Calligraphy: means “beauty” and it is a type of visual art related to writing
  • Ex: Paper crafting
  • Arabesque: a form artistic decoration consisting of surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and geometri

Today we continued to take notes on Islam.

Artwork and Architecture-

• Calligraphy-
• Means “beauty” and it’s a type of visual art related to writing. Ex. Paper crafting.
• Arabesque- A form of artistic decoration consisting of surface decorations based on rhy

Mongolian Invasion

• Invasion of Asia through the 13th century
• What happened
  • Cities that resisted were subject to destruction
    • The Mongols conquered West Asia either by force of voluntary submission
    • Over the course of 3 years they destroyed all of the major

Weapons and Strategy

-bow and arrow, swords, catapults. 

Key players

-Genghis Khan - military leader with unbeatable and matched strategies.

-Kublai Khan - ruled over Yuan Dynasty in China.  Grandson of Genghis Khan

Marco Polo - interested in Kublai Khan