Al-Andalus

From A.D. 589 to 711, the Muslims conquered the Catholic Kingdom of Visigoths in Spain. The conquest of the Spanish Visigoth kingdom interrupted the fusion of Hispano Roman and Visigoths cultures and altered the emergence of a new catholic civilization. When the Muslims entered this kingdom they wished to have the culture be their own and not have certain aspects of the past still culturally relevant. The culture before the arrival of the Muslims had been largely Romanized, which was a great…

Post-Classical Age. In Muslim society, cities and other urban areas quickly developed and played important economic, religious, and cultural roles. One of the major roles that muslim cities and urban areas is the cultural role. During the Post-classical Age, Al-Hijari, an Iberian Muslim of Arab origin, boasted that Cordoba became a superior region after the Arab conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. He stated that the under the Umayyads, Cordoba became the center of seekers of science and…

of the Islamic realm during 754 CE? 1. During this time, al-Mansur wanted to relocate his power away from Damascus to start a new emergence. After a lengthy search, caliph al-Mansur, found a perfect region to build his capital, precisely beside the city of Baghdad. 2. The caliph had rather exceptional reasoning, his site ‘’…lay between Mesopotamia’s two great rivers at the juncture of the canals that linked them.’’ (WTWA 319). B. Caliph al-Mansur did not simply relocate just for two great…

Spain and it is the most recognized architectural piece of Islamic art. The red castle has been the symbol of the city for nearly 800 years. The Alhambra was constructed during the 13th and 14th century on its red hill-top during the ruling of Ibn al-Ahmar (Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica). It was last architectural building made in Spain during the Moorish reigning. According to the textbook, The World of Islam, states that the Alhambra is, “the most brilliant relic of the Nasrid…

Although the Abbasid Caliphate and the Song Dynasty differ in their advancements created, they are similar because they both contributed art and literature into their civilization and were eventually brought to an end by the nomadic Mongols. The Abbasid Caliphate and Song Dynasty differ in the advancements that they brought to their empires. Both the Abbasid and the Song brought many advancements that improved the lives of the people within their civilizations. The Song Dynasty created things…

The entire world was impacted with the Islamic civilization. Areas of commerce, technology, medicine, navigation, astronomy, and other scientific areas were touched by the hand of new discoveries brought forth by the learning centers of the Islamic world. The Islamic caliphates had an economy that was flourishing due to the established trade routes. The procession of people trading through the region also spawned the development of technologies, ideas, and spread the religion of Islam across…

Jr., in his book "A Concise History of the Middle East." A long list of Arabic words entered Western languages at this time, and were part of both scientific and philosophical lexicons, and the language of trade and commerce. They include: al-kuhl (alcohol), al-miral (admiral), sukkar (sugar) and qahwah (coffee). Arabic's prominent use in Muslim Spain caused cross-fertilization of languages, leaving effects that remained long after Muslims left Spain. In architecture, the forms and rich surface…

The region in which the courtyards were established is in Los Lirios, Rancagua, Chile in 2006. This house, that appears to be a single structure making it look like two houses, serves to assimilate its design to the houses of tenant farmers in countryside of Chile. Since tenant farmers are quite common in Chile, Radic decided to familiarize the concept of his design to theirs. One can view this in the standing walnut trees that are left untouched and on the outside, which it is being blocked by…

Peyton Feuer ARHS 1010-03 Lucia Abramovich March 23, 2018 Court of the Lions Towering over the city of Granada, Spain, sits what is left of the Alhambra, a palace left over from the Nasrid dynasty in Islamic Spain. The palace is built like many Islamic palaces in that each of its pavilions and small buildings surrounded one or more central courtyards, the most famous of which being the Court of the Lions. The Court of the Lions is follows the style of the Alhambra itself in that it is…

The exoticization of Spain present in Debussy’s La soire ́e dans Grenade recognizes and incorporates the native sounds and rhythms of Spain with an emphasis of importing Andalusian classical music. With La soire ́e dans Grenade, Debussy tries to paint a picture of exotic Spain for Western audiences by drawing influence from increase cultural attention of Iberian Andalusi (Islamic) heritage present in Granada. Interest in Iberian Andalusi tradition began with the publication of Antigüedades árabes…