ARTS 149 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hypostyle, Iwan, Stained Glass
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Key words: kaaba: cube like, textile draped shrine. Islam and early islamic society: islam arose in the 7th-century arabia, a land of desert oases with no cities. Yet, under the leadership of its founder, the prophet muhammad (ca. Islam spread rapidly throughout northern africa, southern and eastern europe, and into. Asia: muslims ( those who have submitted to god ) believe that in the desert outside of mecca in 1610, muhammad received revelations that led him to found the religion called islam ( submission to god"s will ). In 630, muhammad went to the kaaba, a cube-like, textile- draped shrine, repudiated all its pagan idols, and dedicated to the god. The early period: 9th through 12th centuries he cca: architecture. In the center of jerusalem rises the haram al-sharif ( noble sanctuary ), a rocky outcrop which muslims believe muhammad ascended to the presence of god.
