The Abbasid & Golden Age of Islam Flashcards

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Abbasid

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  • Golden Age of Islam
  • Baghdad was capital (the place to be in this time period)
  • highest standard of living, culturally advanced, advancements in science
  • trade (2nd Golden Age of the Silk Road)
  • Credit offered by merchants (facilitates trade)
  • astronomical observations
  • better steel for swords
  • Greek, Roman, Persian learning preserved
  • Arabic numerals
  • Algebra geometry, trigonometry
  • Astrolabe for navigation
  • knowledge of the earth revolving on an axis around the sun
  • anatomy
  • medical encyclopedia
  • cartographers
  • poetry (Arabian Nights)
  • arabesques
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Sufis

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  • responsible for spread of Islam
  • had a mystical relationship with Allah
  • created syncretism (blending of different cultures)
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fall of Abbasid

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  • the third caliph (saw troubles) (Al-Mahdi)
  • addiction to drugs and harem
  • political divisions
  • attempts to reconcile difference between Sunni and Shea, lead to revolt
  • succession problems
  • eventually civil war
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gender

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  • spiritually everyone is equal, but in reality it is still male dominant
  • men could have up to 4 wives
  • women’s testimony half of man’s
  • harams
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________ is considered the golden age of Islam

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  • the Abbasid Caliphate
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during the golden age of Islam, there were geometric patterns in mosques because _______

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  • there were no pictures of Mohammed allowed
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the biggest issue facing the Abbasid Dynasty was

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  • succession of the kaliph
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in addition to advancements in mathematics, the ______ theory of the Earth became widely accepted

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  • heliocentric
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during the Abbasid Dynasty, attempts to repair rights between the Shia and Sunni Muslims ______

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  • failed miserably
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