Name the basic periods of music history of the Arab World and ...

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Name the basic periods of music history of the Arab World and give a significant musical event associated with each period. (There may some variation in the eras listed by students and exemplifying musical events.)
 
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Question 2

Briefly distinguish the Middle East, the Arab World, and the Muslim World.
 
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Answer to Question 1

• Early history from the 7^th and 8^th centuries where the Qur'an became essential for Muslim ritual and contained guidance on everyday matters including music.


• Medieval Mesopotamia (8^th  13^th centuries) - Musical life in medieval Baghdad was described through the writings of Al-Isbahani.


• Ottoman Empire (1326  1918) and the colonial era  adoption of Western musical ideas including modern instruments


• Study of Arab music persisted into the twentieth century with, for example, the assembling of Arab and European music scholars in the Congress of Arab Music in 1932.

Answer to Question 2

• The Middle East is a specific geo-political area running from south of the Sudan (in North Africa) to Turkey in the North and from Mauritania on the west coast of Africa to Afghanistan and Pakistan in Southern Asia.


• The Arab World consists of the 22 nations where Arabic is spoken by the majority: Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Israel, the Palestinian territories of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen.


• The Muslim world consists of all the countries where Islam is the prominent religion, including the Middle East, the Arab World and countries in south and southeast Asia, such as Indonesia, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh.