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Scholars living in Baghdad translated Greek texts and made scientific discoveries—which is why this era, from the seventh to thirteenth centuries CE, is named the Golden Age of Islam. A love of knowledge was evident in Baghdad, established in 762 CE as the capital city of the Abbasid Caliphate in modern-day Iraq.
Islamic arts - Umayyad, Abbasid, Music: Under the Umayyad caliphate (661–750) the classical style of Islamic music developed further. The capital was moved to Damascus (in modern Syria) and the courts were thronged with male and female musicians, who formed a class apart. Many prominent musicians were Arab by birth or acculturation, but the non-Arab influences continued to play a predominant ...
14 de may. de 2024 · The Abbasid Caliphate, a dynasty that ruled the Islamic world and significantly shaped its cultural and intellectual legacy, began its rise to power in 750 AD, succeeding the Umayyad Caliphate. This transition marked a profound shift in Islamic governance and civilization, with the Abbasids moving the political center from Damascus in Syria to Baghdad in Iraq.
25 de mar. de 2020 · Prelude. The institution of caliphate was conceived in 632 CE after the death of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad (570-632 CE). In the eyes of the Sunni Muslims, the first four sovereigns were part of the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661 CE, rightly guided caliphs), but the Shia Muslims discredit the first three as usurpers to the rightful throne of the 'Ahl al-Bayt' - the household of the Prophet ...
Abbasid architecture developed in the Abbasid Caliphate between 750 and 1227, primarily in its heartland of Mesopotamia (modern Iraq ). The great changes of the Abbasid era can be characterized as at the same time political, geo-political and cultural. The Abbasid period starts with the destruction of the Umayyad ruling family and its ...
page 876 note 1 This name has had a long life. The ‘Attābī silks became famous throughout the Moslem world, and were imitated in other towns. Idrīsī in 548 (1153 a. d.) describes Almeria in Southern Spain as in his time possessing eight hundred looms for silk weaving, and the 'Attābī stuffs are particularly mentioned among those that were manufactured.
6 de dic. de 2023 · From the 10th century, the Abbasid caliphate was surrounded by other Islamic states, sometimes in conflict with them and sometimes with more diplomatic relations. The last two essays in this section highlight artworks from the courts of two of these powers, one from al-Andalus in the far west of the Islamic world, and one from the east, in the Ghaznavid empire centered in modern Afghanistan.
