Chapter 10.3 Muslim Civilization’s Golden Age

Chapter 10.3 Today’s objective…to learn about… The large Muslim empire trades around the world and influences Europeans w/ trading practices like credit and banks. Muslim culture makes great advances in literature, science, math, architecture, art, and medicine.

Economics  Partnerships, credit, banks to change currency, checks (kind of)  Banks in every major city  Guilds regulated prices Arts  Restrict religious art images  Illustrated medical texts  Domes, minarets, calligraphy Literature  Best known: 1001 Nights Sciences  Pioneer algebra  Hospitals similar to today’s emergency rooms  Medical encyclopedia

Focus Q Make a Venn diagram comparing/contrasting Sunni and Shiite Muslims  See pages

Focus Q: Michigan State Friday Quiz a partner on the map locations. Practice quiz in 5 minutes or less.

What you’ll learn……….and why. 1.Trade was important in the Muslim world. 2.Muslims made advances in learning: arts, lit., and architecture. 1.Ever heard of Ali Baba and the 40 thieves? Aladdin and His Magic Lamp? 2.Muslim traders influenced European trading practices.

Muslim Rulers Rule Over Diverse Cultures 1.Christian, Jewish, Arab, Persian, Egyptian, African, European, Mongol, Turks, Indians and Southeast Asians join the Muslim community 2.Muslims absorb and blend many of their traditions How would this help your society?

Abbasid Empire Remind you of anything?

Muslims Build an International Trade Network 1.Muslims honor merchants 2.Partly b/c Mohammad was a merchant merchants build trading networks 4.Muslim manufactured goods were highly valued ***handicraft manufacturing was organized by guilds*** Swords, carpets, tapestries, furniture, etc.

Timbuktu

2 important commodities?

Muslims Build an International Trade Network ***Camel Caravans—”ships of the desert”*** —cross Sahara Desert into West Africa 1.Silk Road to China—Christians, Jews, Muslims use this link btwn East Asia and Europe 2.Arab ships trade in East Africa, India, southeast Asia ***international trade inc. b/c of Muslim advances in transportation***

Silk Roads to China

Largest desert in the world? Antarctica Sahara

Challenges/dangers of crossing the desert?

6—7.5 feet tall lbs. Live years Dromedary Camel 1 hump North Africa, Middle East

Bactrian Camel 2 humps Central Asia Humps are fat feet tall lbs.

Muslims Build an International Trade Network 1.Trade spreads technology, knowledge, goods, culture 2.Muslim merchants introduce Indian numbers to Europeans, become known as Arabic numerals

Muslims Build an International Trade Network Muslims pioneer new business practices 1.***Credit*** 2.***Bank checks*** 3.Banks to change currency 4.Branch banks in all major cities

Muslim Art and Literature 1.Quran strictly bans the worship of idols 2.***So religious leaders forbade artists to portray God or human figures in religious art*** 3.So pictures of Mohammad are a no-no

Calligraphy: art of beautiful handwriting Remember, no God or Human figures

A fish?

Muslim Art and Literature 1.Arab writers loved the art of storytelling 2.They used stories from Arab, Persian, Greek, Jewish, Egyptian and Turkish sources ***Best known story: The 1001 Nights*** – Aladdin and his Magic Lamp – Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves – Sinbad

Muslims Seek Knowledge 1.***Boys/girls get elementary education—need it to study the Quran*** 2.Baghdad greatest Muslim center of learning—Cairo, Cordoba, Timbuktu (Mali) too 3.Ibn Khaldun—warned about bias, exaggeration, and overconfidence in historical writing 4.Astronomical tables

Math and Medicine 1.Al-Khwarizmi—pioneers algebra 2.Doctors, pharmacists had to pass a test b/f they could practice 3.Early study of measles, smallpox 4.Treat the mind as well as the body ***Avicenna—wrote a huge medical encyclopedia*** ---Canon on Medicine

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Origin of Arabic Numerals

5 Wonders of Islamic Architecture Great Mosque of Djenne, Mali Made of sandstone, 1907

Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey Domes and minarets

Mezquita-Catedral, Cordoba, Spain,

Dome of the Rock Jerusalem Where’s the minaret?

Hagia Sophia

Economics  Partnerships, credit, banks to change currency, checks (kind of)  Banks in every major city  Guilds regulated prices Arts  Restrict religious art images  Illustrated medical texts  Domes, minarets, calligraphy Literature  Best known: 1001 Nights Sciences  Pioneer algebra  Hospitals similar to today’s emergency rooms  Medical encyclopedia

Review 3 things you learned/reviewed today “I wonder…..”