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13: Medieval I- Reorganization of the Roman World and the Birth of Islam

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    In This Chapter

    • 13.0: Chapter Introduction
      A Gothic, Roman, Heretic King | Terminology: "Medieval" | Desegregating the Middle Ages | Nationalism and Orientalism
    • 13.1: Early Byzantium
      Chronological Periods in the Byzantine Empire | Cross-Cultural Interaction in the Early Byzantine Period | The Vienna Genesis | Ivory Panel with Archangel | Barberini Ivory | Icons: an Introduction| Virgin (Theotokos) and Child Between Saints Theodore and George | Early Byzantine Architecture After Constantine | San Vitale | Lives of Christ and the Virgin in Byzantine Art |
    • 13.2: The Migration Period
      Fibulae | Decoding Anglo-Saxon Art | The Sutton Hoo Purse Lid | Global Connections: The Decorative Art of Cloisonné | The Vikings | The Lindisfarne Gospels | The Book of Kells
    • 13.3: The Early Islamic World
      Introduction to Islam  | The Qur'an | Arts of the Islamic World | Early Islamic arts | Folio from a Qur'an | The Kaaba | Introduction to mosque architecture | The Umayyads, an introduction | Global Connections: International Coinage | The Dome of the Rock | The Great Mosque of Damascus | The vibrant visual cultures of the Islamic west, an introduction | The Great Mosque of Córdoba
    • 13.4: Carolingian Art
      Carolingian art, an introduction | Palatine Chapel | Matthew in the Coronation and Ebbo Gospels | The Lindau Gospels cover