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Islamic Civilizations Flashcards

1
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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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10
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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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12
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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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17
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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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(pulpit)

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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

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Every 4 columns there is a dome

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Columnar mosque

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with a mihrab dome and Mihrab dome for prayer

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Bursa T type

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Inverted t type multi-functional with school and public space

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Ottoman mosque with a great dome

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Edirne and Istanbul capitals

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Took ideas from Rome for architecture and how to run a city

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Ottoman

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Mimar Sinan

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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

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Egypt, 879

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Ibn Tulun Mosque architecture

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An example for a columnar mosque with a courtyard

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Ibn Tulun Mosque disadvantages

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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

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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

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shows an individual’s space for prayer

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benefits to prayer rug

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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)

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1197
Location: Turkey?

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Esrefoglu Mosque

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Beysehir, Turkey 1297

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Esrefoglu Mosque Architecture

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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

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China (7th century) 1368-1398

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Great Mosque of Xi’an Architecture

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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

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1224
Turkey

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The Great Mosque of Eski Malatya interior

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Very dark interiors

44
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Konya Ince Minareli Madrasa

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LOCATION

45
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what is the capital of the Selifuk empire

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Konya

46
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Konya Ince Minareli Madrasa plan

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Bursa T Plan
The inverted T type

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Konya Ince Minareli Madrasa type

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Typically Encompassed a zawiye

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Konya Ince Minareli Madrasa program

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Multi-functional

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