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| Islamic Egypt Before the Fatimids |
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| conquest 646-- Umayyad governors, 750-868--- Abbasid Governors, 868-905 -- Tulunids (Ahmed ibn Tulun), 905-968 --Ikhshidids |
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| Solomonic temple 960 BCE. Destroyed 586 BCE, Second Temple, rebuilt 516 CE, Refurbished under Herod, 37 BCE. Destroyed by Romans , 69 CE |
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| Individual Tile in Mosaic |
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| relationship between old and new testament, prefiguring |
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| Charms, to increase good luck/make good things happen |
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| Icons not made by human hands |
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| Those against iconoclasm - St. John of Damascus |
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| 622, when Muhammad left the city of Mekka to found the city of Madina |
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| 661-750, Capital in Damascus - Caliph (“successor”)— ‘Abd al-Malik |
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| Courtyard, Hypostyle Prayer Hall, Mihrab, Minbar, Minaret - Earliest type of mosques, pioneered under the Umayyad Dynasty. These mosques have square or rectangular plans with an enclosed courtyard and covered prayer hall. |
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| repeating geometric forms echoing plants and animals |
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