Chapter 10 (Islam) Flashcards
What does the mihrab honor?
The place where Muhammad stood when leading communal worship.
What event marks the beginning of Islam?
The Hijra, which is Muhammad’s flight from Mecca.
From whom were the horseshoe-shaped arches in the Great Mosque at Córdoba adapted?
Visigoths.
What does the vault in the Hall of the Abencerrajes symbolize?
The dome of heaven.
What was used as the foundation for the Great Mosque of Damascus?
Roman precinct walls.
Where did the Abbasids establish a new capital after overthrowing the Umayyad caliphs?
Baghdad.
Why did Muhammad preserve the Kaaba?
It is the Islamic world’s symbolic center.
What did architects experiment with at the Cordoba maqsura?
Decorative, multilobed arches.
What was the greatest achievement of Suleyman the Magnificent?
The mosque of Selim II.
What does the ancient Arab proverb about writing describe?
Calligraphy.
What type of structure is the Saminid mausoleum from Bukhara?
Dome-on-a cube form.
What monument marks the coming of a new religion to Jerusalem?
Dome of the Rock.
What may the Malwiya minaret in Samarra symbolize?
The triumph of Islam in the Tigris valley.
Who is the leader of collective worship in Islam?
Imam.
Who gave the recitations that form the Koran to Muhammad?
Archangel Gabriel.
What was considered a holy task in the Muslim world?
Calligraphy.
Whose predecessors did Caliph al-Hakam II imitate during renovations of the Great Mosque at Córdoba?
Umayyad.
How can the new style of mosque developed by the Ottomans be described?
Geometric and formalistic.
All mosques must be oriented toward which city?
Mecca.
Who transferred the capital of Islam from Mecca to Damascus?
Umayyads.
What is built over the place from which Muhammad began his miraculous journey to heaven?
Dome of the Rock.
What influence did Umayyad palaces inherit regarding bathing facilities?
Roman influence.
How is interior architectural space defined in the Muslim world?
By having no interior walls.
What does the word Mamluk translate to?
Slave.
