By Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay

The Dome of the Rock. The Great Mosque in Damascus. The Great Mosque in Córdoba. These remarkable achievements are all Umayyad.

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By Dr. Sabahat Adil

This essay provides an overview of the art and architecture of the Islamic West (the Iberian Peninsula when it was under Islamic rule, and what is today Morocco in northwest Africa).

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By Dr. Shadieh Mirmobiny

Recycled Roman columns fill the prayer hall of this dazzling mosque, one of the oldest built in Islamic Spain.

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By Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay

This florid box, designed to hold cosmetics, attests to the rich ivory carving tradition of Islamic Spain.

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By Dr. Shadieh Mirmobiny

This city within a city is famed for its three highly decorative palaces and their equally elaborate gardens.

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By Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank, Dr. Steven Zucker

What a camel in New York reveals about medieval Spain.

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By Dr. Diane Reilly

These eclectic buildings embody the close ties between Muslim, Jewish, and Christian cultures in medieval Spain.

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By Dr. Ronnie Perelis, Dr. Steven Zucker

This Hebrew book copies an Arabic text that itself began life as a work of classical Greek philosophy.

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