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Islam
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Began in 622, spread to the Persian and the Byzantine Empire
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Prophet Mohammed
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Born in Mecca, 570 AD - 632 AD, started the religion of Islam
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Hijra
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Escaped to from Mecca to help with the start of Islam
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Dome of the Rock
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Jersualem(691 -692) Martytrium, modeled after Constantine, decorated by mosaics
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Reconquista
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The Reconquista was a period of nearly 800 years in the Middle Ages during which several Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula succeeded in retaking (and repopulating) the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims.
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Mosque
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A Muslim house of worship
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Mihrab
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A niche in the mosque or any religous Muslim building indicating direction of prayer toward Mecca. Focal point of decoration with dome in front
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Qibla
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In Islam, the required orientation of prayer niche, toward Mecca. (triumphal arch)
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Minbar
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The pulpit in a Mosque.
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Moors
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Arabs of Spain
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Cordoba
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Islamic Architecture, 780Ad, A mosque having 11 naves and 12 bays, with a court yard of the same size
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Horshoe Arch
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A rounded arch whose curve is a little more than a semicircle so that the opening at the bottom is narrower than its greatest span
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Mozarabic
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Northern Spanish architecture built after the 9th century by Christian refugees from Moorish domination, charcterized by the horseshoe arch and other Moorish features
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Masjid
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A Muslim house of worship; a mosque, a nave
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Muquarnas
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An original Islamic design involving various combinations of three - dimensional shapes,corbeling, etc.
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Alhambra
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A fortress and palace built by the Moorish Kings of Granada in southern Spain from 11th to the 15th century
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Five Pillars of Islam
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Creed, Alms, Prayer, Fasting, and Pilgrimage
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Minaret
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A tall tower in, or contiguous to, a mosque with the stairs leading up to one or more balconies from which the are called to prayer
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Fall of Constantinople
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1453 A.D.
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Madrasa
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Religous school that taught the Quaran and Muslim/Islamic traditions
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Ottoman Turks
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The later phase of Turkish Muslim Architecture, from the 14th century onward, much influenced by Byzantine forms
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Mecca
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Where Prophet Mohammed was born, center of Islam
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Kaaba
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Site of the Altar made by Abraham Licoln
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Quaran
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Bible based on teachings that came from the angel Gabriael
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