FAH262H1- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 33 pages long!)
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Multitude of civilizations, diversity in environment and culture. There is no uniform or monolithic world of islam. The cultural makeup of the late antique world. Arises in the 6th & 7th century in the arabian peninsula. Islamic: is a monotheistic religion which follows one god. Mecca, founder of muslim religion prophet mohammad was born. Founded as the center of an empire (in modern day iran) Method of graphic/visual representation of reading a building. Palace includes two main spaces of audience one serving as a public front and the other serving for private uses. Audience hall: served for ruler to hold audience. Functionally most architectural space serves no purpose. Scale of space on the horizontal plane, is for the people. Power of the bull is being co-opted by the king. This is a space of power and intimidation. Iwans/ivans: open spaces off of the central courtyards. Pre-islamic world: consisting of two distinct but diverse empires covering a vast geographical area.
