1. Islamic Empire
Part 3

2. 11. Al-Andalus: Granada
Palace of Alhambra

3. 11. Al-Andalus: Granada Alhambra (Granada, Spain)
Water and gardens symbolizing heaven

4. 11. Al-Andalus: Granada
Open courtyards
Columns
Fountains and gardens

5. 11. Al-Andalus: Granada
Very intricate
Muqarnas (plaster ceilings)

6. 11. Al-Andalus: Granada
Lavish color

7. 11. Al-Andalus: Granada
Inlaid ceilings

8. 11. Al-Andalus: Granada

9. 11. Al-Andalus: Granada
Use of arabesque (floral decoration) and geometric patterns.
Calligraphy

10. 11. Al-Andalus: Granada NO human or animal figures
Court of the Lions (Alhambra): one of the few depictions of animals in Islamic art.

11. 15. Islamic Spain: the Reconquest
Alcazar, Seville
Palace of Pedro V of Castille (14th cent)
Alcazar, Segovia.
Palace of Queen Isabella of Castille (15th cent)

12. 15. Islamic Spain: the Reconquest

13. 15. Islamic Spain: the Reconquest

14. 15. Islamic heritage in the West
Jordan or Spain?

15. 15. Islamic heritage in the West

16. 16. Conclusion TRUE/ FALSE
The study of the Islamic civilization in a course about the Western World is very relevant.
The Islamic empire inherited the knowledge of the Greco Roman world.
The Islamic empire has a lot in common with the civilizations of Persia, India and pre-Islamic Arabia.
In the Renaissance the Christian kingdoms of Western Europe rediscovered the Greco Roman scientific ideas that had been preserved and translated by the scholars in the Islamic empire.