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Sealing depicting the Neo Sumerian King, Ibbi-Sin seated with a star or Dingir and crescent adjacent to him Depiction of the emblems of Ishtar (Venus), Sin (Moon), and Shamash (Sun) on a boundary stone of Meli-Shipak II (12th century BC) Venus, Sun and Moon on the Stele of Nabonidus (r. 556–539 BC) found at Harran (Şanlıurfa Museum) [10]
The crescent is usually associated with Islam and regarded as its symbol. The crescent and star had been used in the coinage of the Sassanid Persian Empire. The Umayyad Caliphate, after the Rashidun Caliphate's conquest of the region, continue to use similar coins with some modification but leaving the star and crescent intact.
The original description page is/was here. All following user names refer to en.wikipedia.org. 2006-01-01 00:22 Kbolino 283×283×0 (1472 bytes) The symbol of Islam, the Star and Crescent, in a dark green.
The crescent and star also appears on pre-Islamic coins of South Arabia. [10] The combination of star and crescent also arises in the ancient Near East, representing the Moon and Ishtar (the planet Venus), often combined into a triad with the solar disk. [11] It was inherited both in Sassanian and Hellenistic iconography.
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An Islamic flag is the flag either representing an Islamic Caliphate, religious order, state, civil society, military force or other entity associated with Islam.Islamic flags have a distinct history due to the Islamic prescription on aniconism, making particular colours, inscriptions or symbols such as crescent-and-star popular choices.
bears a star and crescent and the green represents Islam [7] Flag of Iran the center emblem is a stylized form of the Arabic word Allah and its five parts represent the Five Pillars of Islam ; the red and green bands bear the Takbir [ 8 ]
Value, Crescent-star, Rumi motif, year of minting 25kr. 20.5 1.65 4 60% copper 14% nickel 26% zinc: Reeded Value, Crescent-star, Kufic calligraphic, year of minting 50kr. 23.85 1.9 6.8 Ring: 75% copper 15% nickel 10% zinc Center: 81 % copper 4% nickel 15% zinc: Reeded Value, Crescent-star, Bosphorus Bridge and Istanbul silhouette, year of ...