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Islamic Art AP Art History Moreno Valley High School Instructor: Erica Ness
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Islamic Art. AP Art History Moreno Valley High School Instructor: Erica Ness. Regions and Dynasties. Syria and Iraq Umayyad Caliphate est. 661 Abbasid Caliphate est. 750 Spain Umayyad Caliphate est. 756 Nasrid Dynasty est. 1230 Iran and Central Asia Samanid Dynasty est. 819 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Islamic Art
AP Art History
Moreno Valley High School
Instructor: Erica Ness
Regions and DynastiesSyria and Iraq
Umayyad Caliphate est. 661Abbasid Caliphate est. 750
SpainUmayyad Caliphate est. 756
Nasrid Dynasty est. 1230Iran and Central Asia
Samanid Dynasty est. 819Seljuk Dynasty est. 1038
Timurid Dynasty est. 1370sSafavid Dynasty est. 1501
Regions and DynastiesEgypt
Fatimid Dynasty est. 909Mamluk Dynasty est. 1250
TurkeyOttoman Empire founded 1281
IndiaMughal Dynasty est. 1526
Important DatesBirth of Muhammad in Mecca - ca. 570
Muhammad’s first revelation - 610Muhammad’s flight to Mecca - 622
Death of Muhammad in Medina - 632Muslims capture Jerusalem - 638
Muslim Conquest of Lower Egypt - 642Muslim Armies enter Spain - 711
First Crusade captures Jerusalem - 1099Mongols sack Baghdad - 1258
Ottoman Empire founded - 1281Fall of Granada to the Christians - 1492
Ottomans Capture Baghdad - 1534
The division of Islam
Shi’ite
• Short for Ahiat Ali or followers of Ali.
• Ali was Muhammad’s cousin, a philosopher-warrior.
• His followers say that he was the only one with the spiritual authority to succeed Muhammad.
Sunni
• Followers believed that the caliphate should go to whoever would be best equipped politically to maintain the Muslim Empire.
Dome of the Rock
Date: 687-692
Location: Jerusalem
Interior of the Dome on the
Rock
Detail of a mosaic in the courtyard arcade of the Great MosqueDate: 706 - 715
Medium: Mosaic
Location: Damascus
Umayyad PalaceDate: 740-750
Medium: Limestone
Location: Mshatta, Jordan
The Great MosqueDate: 836-875
Location: Qayrawan, Tunisia
Malwiya minaret of the Great MosqueDate: 848-852
Location: Samarra, Iraq
Prayer Hall of the Great Mosque
Date: 8th-10th centuries
Location: Cordoba, Spain
Maqsura of the Great Mosque
Date: 961-965
Location: Cordoba, Spain
Dome of the Great Mosque
Date: 961-965
Location: Cordoba, Spain
Calligraphy and the Quran
Muqarnas dome, Hall of the Two Sisters, Alhambra PalaceDate: 1354-1391
Location: Granada, Spain
Mosque of Selim II
Date: 1568-1575
Architect: Sinan the Great
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Great Mosque
Date: 11th-17th Centuries
Location: Isfahan, Iran
Taj Mahal
Date: 1632-1647
Location: Agra, India
