Paradise Found: Wonders of Islamic Art: Awesome Documentary

Here is a terrific documentary about Islamic art. 

Waldemar Januszczak hosts the documentary and travels throughout Afro-Eurasia to review great Islamic monuments like the Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali,  the Ummayad Mosque in Damascus,  and the Taj Mahal in India.  

Januszczak also looks at Islamic objects like the 10th-century Egyptian jug carved out of a single piece of rock crystal.

Best of all, of course, is the Islamic history that Januszczak reveals throughout the course of the documentary.  

You can easily show clips about specific monuments like the  Mosque of Djenne or the Taj Mahal. If you google the title "Paradise Found: Wonders of Islamic Art," you will find a timeline of important events in the documentary. Clicking on events in the timeline will take you to the precise place in the documentary.