Islamic Civilizations Flashcards
The Silk Road
Not all architecture related
Traded items and ideas back and forth
Han / Kervansaray
Earliest form of hotels on routes
Had to make it there before dark to survive
622
Muhammad’s trip from Mecca to Medina
When did Muhammad become a prophet
640’s
Important Islamic Empires / Dynasties
Ummayad
Abbasid
Fatimid
Ayyubid
Mamluk
Samanids
Ghaznavids
Timurid
Mughal
Safavid
The Great Seljuk
Anatolian Seljuks
Ottomans
Great Mosque of Kairouan
Tunisia, 670 (863)
What structural elements affect the interior elements at the Great Mosque of Kairouan
Making aisles with columns
Close relationship with architecture and climate
Pay attention to how the construction affects how a building feels temp and weather wise
How is the lighting in the Great Mosque of Kairouan
Very dark interiors
Turks enter Anatolia
1071
First crusaders
1095
Ottomans established their beylik
1299
Seljuk ruled Anatolia
1299
Conquest of Istanbul by Faith Sultan Mehmet
1453
mid-1450’s
Some historians argue that all artist and philosophers that lived in Constantinople escaped to Italy = starting renaissance
Monumental building types in Islamic Lands
Mosque
Kulliye (complex)
Turbe (Mausoleum)
Madrasa (school)
Caravanserai or Han
Hospitals
Palaces
Fountains
Hamam (Bath)
Non-monumental building types in Islamic Lands
Dwellings
Mosques
Cemeteries
Interior Components in a Mosque:
Mihrab, Minbar, Hunkar Mahfili or maqsura, Dikka, Dikkah or muezzin mahfili, Son cemaat yeri
Mihrab
Mihrab (Prayer Niche) on the qibla wall and faces Mecca