The Islamic Cities

• 1. THE ISLAMIC CITIES

2. PREVIOUS VOCABULARY (Learnt in previous lessons)

• Arab

• Polytheist

• Monotheist

• Belief

• Holy city

• Muhammad

• Merchant

• Judaism

• Allah

• Hegira

• Koran

• Five pillars

• God

• Prophet

• To fast

• Ramadan

• Holy war (jihad)

3. VOCABULARY

• Caliph

• Fighting

• Turks

• Agriculture

• Craftmanship

• Trade

• Spices

• Gold

• Ivory

• Slave

• Souk

• Gundpowder

• Compass

4. OBJECTIVES OF THIS LESSON

• Identifiying the special characteristics of islamic cities

• Learnig the especific vocabulary

• Describing the parts of an islamic city

• Expressing simple tenses about the most important buildings of the city

• Identifiying and describing a present-day city that is legacy of the muslim period

5. Specific vocabulary in this lesson

• Gate

• Medina

• Building

• Mosque

• Craft workshop

• (other words)

• Around

• Main

• Fortified area

• goods

• Warehouses

• businesses

6. 7. Listening 8. Insert the words into the brackets

• For example, in the .

• Muslim cities had with several

• The medina or

• Including the aljama or main

9.

• Political life was the alcazar, a ..

• Economic life () the souk, or..

• Merchants kept their goods in large

10. Answer the following questions 11.

• WHAT WERE CLOSED AT NIGHT?

• .

• WHAT WAS THE MEDINA?

• ..

• WHERE WAS THE RELIGIOUS LIFE ATTHE CITY CENTRE?

• .

12.

• WHAT WERE THE ARRABALES?

• WHAT WAS LOCATED IN THE HIGHEST PART OF THE CITY?

• .

• WHERE WAS THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE SITUATED?

• ..

13.

• WHAT DID THE MARCHANTS KEEP IN THE ALHONDIGAS?

• ..

14. Was Lebrija an islamic city? 15. 16. What do you think? 17. I THINK, SO FORTIFIED AREA ALCAZAR (El castillo) WALLS (around the alcazar And the Medina) MAIN MOSQUE (now The Church of Santa M de laOliva) GATES 18. Alcazar Walls and gates Arrabales 19. HOMEWORK