In the fifth and sixth centuries AD, previous to the rise of Islam, the clans of the Arabian Peninsula played only minimal part in what was already a highly developed and complex culture, dominated by the two great superpowers of the era, which were the Byzantines and Sasanian Empire. Islamic art was vastly influenced by the Byzantines and Sasanians Empire. Between, 750 to 1500 the Islamic world developed and perfected some of the old techniques that were initially used by the Romans like the domes. After, the death of Prophet Mohammad in 632 different clans started to rise up and under the new dynasties came more sophisticated advances. The three first centuries of Abbasid rule are often labeled as a golden age in which literature, philosophy,
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The Seljuk, a Turkic dynasty of Central Asian travelers became the new rulers of the eastern Islamic lands. They had begun conquering parts of east such as Baghdad. The Seljuk was very cultural and artistic; they were also great regulars of architecture. An exceptional number of madrasas were established throughout the Seljuk dominion. The great Seljuk vizier Nizam Al- Mulk founded number of theological schools one of his greatest establishments was the madrasa. The Madrasa was a Koran school that not only taught Koran reading but also taught law, language, literature, politic, natural science, and multidisciplinary. During the Seljuk Empire no Muslim students were chosen by the state and given a room and a chair where professor gave lectures. Soon the students were given positions in the state to become grand viziers. As the madrasas were being established around Eastern Europe yet again the Western Europe was influenced and their response to the madrassa was the universities which some are still running. The first ever universities is the Sorbonne founded in 1258 by Robert De Sorbonne located in France; which was the first place to combine discipline, medicine, law, theology and liberal arts. One of the oldest and still standing madrasa is in Konya Turkey. Ince Minare that simply translates in to “The College of the Slender Minaret” it is one the most impressive structures produced by the Seljuk’s using the central plan to dominate. The Ince Minare Madrassa was built and architect by Kelui Ibn Abdallah. The kiblah side comprises the prayer hall and farther there is a big space roofed by a huge domed infiltrated by a lantern whose focal function was to deliver light. In Samarkand Uzbekistan around fourteen century madrassa stated to established under the ruler of Samarkand Mirzo Ulugbek, he order the construction of the madrassa in the heart of the city Registan Square. Three years later
The Seljuk, a Turkic dynasty of Central Asian travelers became the new rulers of the eastern Islamic lands. They had begun conquering parts of east such as Baghdad. The Seljuk was very cultural and artistic; they were also great regulars of architecture. An exceptional number of madrasas were established throughout the Seljuk dominion. The great Seljuk vizier Nizam Al- Mulk founded number of theological schools one of his greatest establishments was the madrasa. The Madrasa was a Koran school that not only taught Koran reading but also taught law, language, literature, politic, natural science, and multidisciplinary. During the Seljuk Empire no Muslim students were chosen by the state and given a room and a chair where professor gave lectures. Soon the students were given positions in the state to become grand viziers. As the madrasas were being established around Eastern Europe yet again the Western Europe was influenced and their response to the madrassa was the universities which some are still running. The first ever universities is the Sorbonne founded in 1258 by Robert De Sorbonne located in France; which was the first place to combine discipline, medicine, law, theology and liberal arts. One of the oldest and still standing madrasa is in Konya Turkey. Ince Minare that simply translates in to “The College of the Slender Minaret” it is one the most impressive structures produced by the Seljuk’s using the central plan to dominate. The Ince Minare Madrassa was built and architect by Kelui Ibn Abdallah. The kiblah side comprises the prayer hall and farther there is a big space roofed by a huge domed infiltrated by a lantern whose focal function was to deliver light. In Samarkand Uzbekistan around fourteen century madrassa stated to established under the ruler of Samarkand Mirzo Ulugbek, he order the construction of the madrassa in the heart of the city Registan Square. Three years later