Art
This is the name for the fancy, beautiful writing used in Islamic art.
Calligraphy
Known for its radiant colors, rich patterns, and symmetrical silhouettes, this distinctive BUILDING APPROACH has been popular in the Muslim world since the 7th century.
Islamic Architecture
Islamic contributions to mathematics began around ad 825, when the Baghdad mathematician Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī - also known as Al-Jabar.
Algebra
This is the name for the city-center centrally located between Europe and Asia that was an important area for trade and exchanges of ideas. It was also the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate (in class, we took a digital tour of this place!), and thus, the center of the Golden Age of Islam.
Baghdad
What are Muslims forbidden from including in their art?
This is the name for the Islamic place of worship (also discussed in class as a temple or cathedral).
Mosque
In the period from 1100-1300 banking started to expand across Europe and banks began opening ‘branches’ in remote, foreign locations to support international trade.
Branch banking
This place, also known as the Grand Library of Baghdad, refers to both a major Abbasid public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad.
House of Wisdom
This is the name for the form of Islamic art most closely associated with vines and natural, plant-like designs.
Arabesque
In Islamic religious architecture, this is the tower from which the faithful are called to prayer five times each day by a muezzin, or crier. Such a tower is always connected with a mosque and has one or more balconies or open galleries.
Minaret
The branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
Astronomy
At the very center of Baghdad, there was a specific type of building. What was that building? What was Baghdad centered around? (Hint: life was centered around religion in the Islamic Golden Age!).
Mosque
A common feature of Islamic art is the covering of surfaces covered with _________. This use of geometry is thought to reflect the language of the universe and help the believer to reflect on life and the greatness of creation.
Geometric Patterns
Most mosques also feature one or more of these, called qubba in Arabic. While not a ritual requirement like the mihrab, this feature does possess significance within the mosque—as a symbolic representation of the vault of heaven.
Dome
Muslim scholars made great advances in _______, the scientific study of animals, during the Golden Age. Because for years Muslims' lifestyle and economy were dependent on animals-for trade and travel- there was interest in the study of animals. Al-Jahiz was one of the foremost scholars to explore this field of study.
Zoology
What is another name for empire (in relation to ancient Islam)?
Caliphate
This kind of design is a repeating pattern that fills a space without overlapping.
Tessellation
Open and empty
This device is an elaborate inclinometer, historically used by astronomers, navigators, and astrologers. The device was highly developed in the Islamic world by 800 and was introduced to Europe from Islamic Spain (al-Andalus) in the early 12th century. It was used for navigational purposes (i.e. directions).
Astrolabe
What are the two roles of a Caliph?
King (political ruler) and Pope (religious ruler)