MOSQUES

The religion of Islam spreads out quickly due to the construction of what?

Mosques

Different Mosques, through diversity, tell us the whole history of Islam, a history marked by what?

conflicts among the successors of the Prophet Mohammad and the heads of power dynasties.

The diverse designs of Mosques, from Cairo to Andalusia, show what?

competition and cross-cultural interactions

After the death of the Prophet Mohammad, the followers of Islam marched where?

Jerusalem, to establish their legitimacy and impose themselves on the Jews and Christians.

The leader of the Umayyad dynasty leaves a mark in Jerusalem by building what?

The Dome of the Rock, as a high focal point, with a golden dome.

The Dome of the rock is located to oversee what?

the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and the Wailing Wall, the remains of Solomon's Temple.

In the video, an Architect describes the The Dome of the Rock as providing a message to Muslims and other religions, which is what?

"This message is for everyone, here men and women mix contrary to rule observed at all mosques." This is because it is not a mosque.

Written in a 240 m long ancient Kufic script with mosaics, a text reveals a message to whom?

The People of the Book, Jews and Christians.

The Dome of the Rock is built over what?

An extremely symbolic rock, where Abraham intended to sacrifice his son Isaac.

The Architect describes the Dome of the Rock as a building like a cloak containing a pearl. The Dome is a box or a case for the pearl, with the rock at its center. The rock has another story, which is what?

The site of the Night Journey between Mecca and Jerusalem, by the Prophet Mohammad.

The conquest of the Umayyad dynasty continued west to the Atlantic coast, until the Abbasids took over,. What region survived the Abbasids?

The Iberian peninsula, eventually known as Spain

The Umayyad leader settled in a new state called what?

Cordoba

Cordoba, would soon be the center of Umayyad world, known as?

Al-andalus

The Umayyad leader built his mosque, known as?

The Great Mosque of Cordoba

The Mosque of Cordoba, has white and red horseshoe shaped arches. What does the local Architect claim as the reason?

Brick and stone would speed up the construction process by allowing dimensional discrepancies.