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Aftermath: Two Examples of Fate's Inscrutability"In this excerpt from Usama ibn Munqidh's "The Book of Contemplation", he recalls a moment of turmoil in Fatimad Egypt after the attempted murder plot…
Jug with HorsemenThis object is a ceramic jug, decorated with mounted horsemen and Arabic inscriptions, created during the Seljuk period (1180-1250 CE) in Iran. It…
Education of Inan al-NatifiThis is the text in which I am referencing:
"According to al-Isbahani, Inan was born a slave in al-Yamama, located on the Arabian Peninsula east…
Nude Female Dancers From a TunicThis object is a piece of fabric from a tunic worn in the late 8th Century, part of the 'Consolidation of Islam' period, as worded by Johnathan…
AstrolabeAn astrolabe is a scientific instrument used to calculate the location of celestial bodies. It originated in the Hellenistic times and was refined by…
The Dome of the RockThe Dome of the Rock was built under the direction of Caliph Abd al-Malik in the city of Jerusalem within the years 687 and 691 CE, and was an…
In addition to the first contextualization, in this final section, Berkey places the later Islamic empires as the heirs to centuries of not only…
Alongside Berkey's first analysis of Part III, he further situates the consolidation of an Islamic civilization as an area of intellectual and…
Alongside the first contextualizing framework box of Berkey's second part, Berkey utilizes this period of time to explore how Islam transitioned from…
Summary of Story:
In this story, a man by the name of Jurayj was said to be praying in his hermitage when his mother called him, and he chose to…