Great mosque - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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A/HI 250 WWU KERMAN EXAM 2(graded A+)2023 already passedGreat Mosque, Djenné Mali (1906-1909) - correct answer - Rebuilt version, previous one burned down. - Relates to Syncretism - King converts to Islam, raised his palace and made it into a Mosque - Ostrich egg on top represent fertility, cosmos, etc.. - Gothic architecture also incorporated, mud brick style Pyramid of Khafre and Great Sphinx, Giza, Egypt (c. 2520-2494 BCE) - correct answer - Tomb for Khafre and his belongings for ...

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THE KAABAIdentifiers - correct answer Name: The Kaaba Location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia Culture: Islamic Date: 631-632 CE Material: Granite masonary covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold&silver thread. Form - correct answer -Cubical structure -15 m tall, 10.5 m wide Function - correct answer -Pilgrimage site(Hajj) -meant for circumambulating (7x counter-clockwise) -not a mosque -sanctuary for pre-Islamic times -serves as Quibla(direction all Muslims must face during p...

THE KAABAIdentifiers - correct answer Name: The Kaaba Location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia Culture: Islamic Date: 631-632 CE Material: Granite masonary covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold&silver thread. Form - correct answer -Cubical structure -15 m tall, 10.5 m wide Function - correct answer -Pilgrimage site(Hajj) -meant for circumambulating (7x counter-clockwise) -not a mosque -sanctuary for pre-Islamic times -serves as Quibla(direction all Muslims must face during p...

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The Kaaba - Mecca, Saudi Arabia. - Islamic. - Pre-Islamic monument; rededicated by Muhammad in 631-632 C.E.; multiple renovations. - Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread. - Basically a cube covered in a curtain. - Holiest shrine in Islam. - Curtain adds a sense of mystery. The calligraphy depicted on the curtain says "shahada" meaning there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. - Prayers are directed towards ...

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N: The Kaaba D: 631 - 632 C.E. P/S: 476 - 1453 C.E. / Byzantine and Islamic Art A: It is believed by Muslims that Ibrahim and his son Ismail built the Kaaba, later modified by others Pa: rededicated by Muhammad OL: Mecca, Saudi Arabia M: Granite, covered in silk and cotton, gold calligraphy, and silver coated thread T: granite masonry and calligraphy F: This shrine marks the place of hajj (pilgrimage) for Muslims and the direction that they should pray in. Muslims who make the hajj walk a...