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Middle East (1250-1350)
Muslim expansion 7th century
Muslim expansion 1300
Main dynasties
Umayyads (661-750) (Damascus)(In Spain until 1492. Cordoba center of learning and trade)
Abbasids (749-1258) (Baghdad) Fatimids (969-1171) (Cairo) Ayyubids (1169-1259) (Cairo) Mamluks (1259-1517) (Cairo) Safavids (1500-1722) (Iran) Ottomans (1299-1918)
(Constantinople/Istanbul)
Muslim Empires
Trade Routes c. 1500
Islamic world
• A cultural space• Linked with trade, migration, pilgramage• Religion as faith and as legal code• Urban culture• Non-Muslim communties• Heterodox orders
Main dynasties• Umayyads (661-750) (Damascus)
(In Spain until 1492. Cordoba center of learning and trade)
• Abbasids (749-1258) (Baghdad)• Fatimids (969-1171) (Cairo)• Ayyubids (1169-1259) (Cairo) • Mamluks (1259-1517) (Cairo)• Safavids (1500-1722) (Iran) • Ottomans (1299-1918)
(Constantinople/Istanbul)
Trade Routes c. 1500
Mamluk Empire
Dome of the Rock
Fatimid Coin (10th c.)Umayyad coin (8th c)
Madrid 13th c
Giraldo Cathedral- Seville, Spain)
Sack of Baghdad by Mongols (1259)
Venetian Ambassador in Damascus (15th c)
Mamluk Art
Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo (14th Century)