Some Materials on Islamic Culture and Mathematics

Here is a map showing the spread of Islam.

Here is a gorgeous picture of the opening pages of the Quran, in Arabic.

Images of Muslim architecture and its influence: here is the minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech; here is a village outside Marrakech, with the minaret in the background; here is the Jemaa el Fna marketplace, with another minaret (not the Koutoubia---that's behind the camera) in the background; finally, La Giralda, the belltower of the Cathedral of Sevilla, which, centuries, was the minaret of the Grand Mosque.

Here are 2 images from the Alhambra (which used to be the palace of the Sultan in Granada): the first one, taken by my wife, is of a surprising tiling pattern; the second one, which I got off the web, is of a ceramic "drape".

Here is a section from Al'Khwarizmi's algebra, in Arabic and in English.