The document discusses the characteristics of Islamic cities. It provides vocabulary related to Islamic cities and their features. It asks students to identify the special parts of Islamic cities like the medina, aljama or main mosque, souk or market, and alhondigas or warehouses where merchants kept their goods. It also asks students whether the city of Lebrija was an Islamic city based on characteristics like being fortified and having an alcazar or castle.

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

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 AT THE 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?

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 Mª de la Oliva) GATES

18. Alcazar Walls and gates Arrabales

19. HOMEWORK