Welcome to the seventeenth lecture!
This lecture is about the architecture of early Islam.
This lecture discusses the early architecture of Islam, the form and nature of a mosque, looking at mosques from the Mosque of Damascus, Syria, 710 to the Mosque of Córdoba, begun 784. It ends with an analysis of the Dome of the Rock, an unusual building that serves as a shrine and not technically as a mosque.
To get started, download the Lecture Handout, which outlines important places, terms, and dates addressed in Lecture 17; the document can be used for note-taking and as a study guide.
Download the Lecture 17 Handout here.
This lecture is divided into seven units. Most units have a lecture video, followed a by multiple choice question, or questions. These questions will test what you have just learned; you have one attempt to complete each, and can view the correct answer after submitting a response. You must complete these questions before 14:00 (UTC) November 12, 2013 to receive credit.
At the end of each lecture is a directed discussion with other members of your course. Discussion of other topics can be addressed in the forum, accessible by clicking "Discussion" in the menu at the top of this page.
The time to complete this lecture (watching all videos, answering the review questions, and participating in directed discussion) is approximately two hours.