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What cultural symbols, images, and myths had come to foster a sense of a Muslim community by the Middle Period in Islamdom (945-1258)? What role does architecture, literature, painting, and story telling play in this process? What role did women play in these contexts compared to their representation in the Quran? Was there forced conversion in Islam?
In the Muslim community there were many cultural symbols, images and myths that influenced the development of the community. The outer courts of the palace were places for the gathering of scholars from across the Islamic world. Scholars discussed science, multiculturalism, astronomy, and literature. Arabian nights was a popular work in which discussed gender relations. It described women as tricksters and thus led to the attempt...
What cultural symbols, images, and myths had come to foster a sense of a Muslim community by the Middle Period in Islamdom (945-1258)? What role does architecture, literature, painting, and story telling play in this process? What role did women play in these contexts compared to their representation in the Quran? Was there forced conversion in Islam?
In the Muslim community there were many cultural symbols, images and myths that influenced the development of the community. The outer courts of the palace were places for the gathering of scholars from across the Islamic world. Scholars discussed science, multiculturalism, astronomy, and literature. Arabian nights was a popular work in which discussed gender relations. It described women as tricksters and thus led to the attempt...
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