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The Silk Road

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Not all architecture related
Traded items and ideas back and forth

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Han / Kervansaray

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Earliest form of hotels on routes
Had to make it there before dark to survive

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622

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Muhammad’s trip from Mecca to Medina

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When did Muhammad become a prophet

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640’s

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Important Islamic Empires / Dynasties

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Ummayad
Abbasid
Fatimid
Ayyubid
Mamluk
Samanids
Ghaznavids
Timurid
Mughal
Safavid
The Great Seljuk
Anatolian Seljuks
Ottomans

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Great Mosque of Kairouan

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Tunisia, 670 (863)

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What structural elements affect the interior elements at the Great Mosque of Kairouan

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Making aisles with columns

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Close relationship with architecture and climate

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Pay attention to how the construction affects how a building feels temp and weather wise

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How is the lighting in the Great Mosque of Kairouan

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Very dark interiors

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Turks enter Anatolia

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1071

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First crusaders

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1095

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Ottomans established their beylik

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1299

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Seljuk ruled Anatolia

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1299

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Conquest of Istanbul by Faith Sultan Mehmet

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1453

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mid-1450’s

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Some historians argue that all artist and philosophers that lived in Constantinople escaped to Italy = starting renaissance

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Monumental building types in Islamic Lands

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Mosque
Kulliye (complex)
Turbe (Mausoleum)
Madrasa (school)
Caravanserai or Han
Hospitals
Palaces
Fountains
Hamam (Bath)

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Non-monumental building types in Islamic Lands

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Dwellings
Mosques
Cemeteries

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Interior Components in a Mosque:

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Mihrab, Minbar, Hunkar Mahfili or maqsura, Dikka, Dikkah or muezzin mahfili, Son cemaat yeri

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Mihrab

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Mihrab (Prayer Niche) on the qibla wall and faces Mecca

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Minbar

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Hunkar Mahfili or maqsura (royal box)

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(royal box) Where sultan prayed

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Dikka, Dikkah or muezzin mahfili

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(raised platform where Koran is chanted)

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Son cemaat yeri

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(portico space for late comers)

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(Arabic) or columnar mosque

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(with or without a courtyard) and a flat roof

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Hypostyle with several domes
Every 4 columns there is a dome
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Columnar mosque
with a mihrab dome and Mihrab dome for prayer
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Bursa T type
Inverted t type multi-functional with school and public space
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Ottoman mosque with a great dome
Edirne and Istanbul capitals
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Took ideas from Rome for architecture and how to run a city
Ottoman
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Mimar Sinan
Chief Ottoman architect, engineer, and mathematician. Responsible for 300+ major structures . Left home city as child to learn
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Ibn Tulun Mosque
Egypt, 879
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Ibn Tulun Mosque architecture
An example for a columnar mosque with a courtyard
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Ibn Tulun Mosque disadvantages
Interrupted interior space: repetition of columns on a grid Qibla wall is generally the longer side of the rectangle This with the column grid makes it difficult for some to see the imam
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why is it important to see the Imam
Imam was the leader that led the prayers People had to do the same physical motions while praying making it difficult without being able to see well
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Prayer rug
shows an individual's space for prayer
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benefits to prayer rug
Organizes the space in an orderly way/sense of discipline Tells humans how to use the interior
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Sivas Ulu Camii (The Great Mosque of Sivas)
1197 Location: Turkey?
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Esrefoglu Mosque
Beysehir, Turkey 1297
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Esrefoglu Mosque Architecture
Looks like it could be central Asia Stone walls with wood constructed interior Very preserved and still has original elements
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Great Mosque of Xi’an
China (7th century) 1368-1398
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Great Mosque of Xi’an Architecture
Displays the continuum of the central context in which it exists No stylistic relationship to the canons of “Islamic Architecture” Within cultural context style matters
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The Great Mosque of Eski Malatya
1224 Turkey
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The Great Mosque of Eski Malatya interior
Very dark interiors
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Konya Ince Minareli Madrasa
LOCATION
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what is the capital of the Selifuk empire
Konya
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Konya Ince Minareli Madrasa plan
Bursa T Plan The inverted T type
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Konya Ince Minareli Madrasa type
Typically Encompassed a zawiye
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Konya Ince Minareli Madrasa program
Multi-functional
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