{[Islamic Art –] Visual Arts [continued –] Early and Middle Periods of Islamic Art [continued (5)]}[20th April 1991]

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*‘Finally, the middle period was an area of expansion in all areas except Spain, which was completely lost to the Muslims in 1492[ce]** with the conquest of the Kingdom of Granada by Ferdinand II and Isabella.

‘Anatolia and the Balkans, the Crimea, much of Central Asia and northern India, and parts of eastern Africa all became *** new Islamic provinces. In some cases this expansion was the result of conquests but in others it had been achieved through missionary work.

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**~2048G~1536[ce]

***(After 12thC[entury ce]

{2048A~J~1152[ce])

cf European expansion from c[irca]1400[ce] by mass migration as well as conquest.

Not so clear!

[& what about the original Muslim expansion into North Africa &c, following its foundation? – more purely military?]

****– ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 22:] 84-85

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