UNIT 1. ISLAM AND AL-ANDALUS

VOCABULARY Prophet Profeta Fast Ayuno Pilgrimage Peregrinación Nomad Nómada Polytheistic Politeismo Monotheism Monoteismo Fled huir Preach predicar Caliph califa Water-wheels noria Tapestries tapices Mosque mezquita

Madrasa religious Islamic school

Souk Zoco Berber Bereber Moor Moro Moorish Morisco Emir Emir Vizier Visir Taifa It was a political-

administrative division of Al-Andalus in many different independents kingdoms.

ULA

ARABIAN PENINSULA

THE ORIGIN OF ISLAM

THE HEGIRA

WHAT´S INSIDE THE KAABA?

THE BLACK STONE IT´S SEEM TO BE A METEORITEThe stone was venerated at the Kaaba in pre-Islamic pagan times.

Islamic tradition holds that it fell from the heaven as a guide

Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba as a part of the ritual and many try to stop and kiss the Black Stone, emulating the kiss that Islamic tradition records as it received from Muhammad

MOSQUE

COULD YOU WRITE THE PARTS OF THIS MOSQUE?

GREAT MOSQUE OF CORDOBA

PRAYER ROOM

THE CONQUEST OF SPAIN BY MUSILMS

AL-ANDALUS

AL- ANDALUS DURING THE CALIPHATE OF CORDOBA

AL- ANDALUS FRAGMENTED IN TAIFAS.

THE NAZARI KINGDOM OF GRANADA

THE ALHAMBRA IN GRANADA

COURT OF LIONS

LIONS FOUNTINE

COURT OF MACHUCA

COURT OF MYRTLES

MEXUAR

ROYAL BATHS

HALL OF THE AMBASSADORS

HALL OF THE ABENCERRAGES

HALL OF THE KINGS

PARTAL OF ALHAMBRA

ISLAMIC ARCHES

HORSESHOE ARCH

CUSPED ARCH

ALJAFERIA PALACE

THE GIRALDA AND THE TORRE DEL ORO