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Part 1 The caliphate: the rise of Islam and the artistic climate of the period; the Umayyads and their art 650-750 - the dome of the rock, early congregational, the mosques of al-Walid, secular buildings, the decorative arts; the Abbasid tradition 750-950 - architecture and architectural decoration, the decorative arts, the art of the book, painting. Part 2 The breakdown of the caliphate: the Muslim west 750-1260 - architecture - the Umayyads of Spain 750-1009, North Africa and Spain 1009-1260; the decorative arts; the Fatimids in North Africa and Egypt 910-1171 - architecture - North Africa, Egypt until 1060, Egypt 1060-1171; the decorative arts; Iran and central Asia 800-1025 - architecture - mosques, mausoleums, secular buildings; the decorative arts; painting. Part 3 The 11th to 13th centuries: architecture - Iran and Central Asia - the monuments, mosques, mausoleums, towers and minarets, secular archiecture; materials and techniques of construction - materials, vaults and domes, the minaret, the pishtaq, the court and four iwans; architectural decoration - techniques, themes; India; Iraq; Northern Mesopotamia; Syria and Egypt - the monuments, construction and decoration; Anatolia - the monuments, construction and decoration; the decorative arts - decorative themes, technical complexity, the Turks, the arts of the Book; Iran - textiles, metalwork, pottery and tiles, the arts of the Book; Iraq and the Jazira; Syria - woodwork, metalwork, pottery, glass, manuscript illustration; Anatolia.