Tuesday 10/14 wk What was the House of Wisdom? 2. Why do Muslims call Jews and Christians “people of the book”?

Muslim Rule in Spain Ch 4L3 Pg 131

Muslim Rulers MMMMuhammad 1111st four Caliphs AAAAbu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali UUUUmayyads LLLLast Umayyad leaders were murdered except for Abd al-Rahman who ran away to Spain AAAAbbasids CCCContinued ruling eastern portion of Muslim Empire

Muslim Spain

Córdoba  capital city of al-Andalus (Muslim Spain)

Córdoba  largest city in Western Europe  paved streets

Córdoba  largest city in Western Europe  paved streets

Córdoba  public baths  fountains  gardens  prosperous economy ($$$)  streets lit by lamps at night

A Great Cultural Center  70 libraries  largest library had 400,000 books  caliphs of Córdoba wanted to outshine the Abbasid caliphs of Baghdad

A Golden Age in the West mathematicsgeography astronomy philosophy medicine

Mathematics  Used math to create more accurate calendars

Astronomy  developed tables that showed the location of the sun and other planets at different times of the year

Geography  Al-Idrisi  wrote an encyclopedia of geographic knowledge  contained 70 maps and descriptions of the geography of many world regions

Medicine  al-Zahrawi  wrote medical encyclopedia  covered topics such as surgery and how to care for and repair teeth

Philosophy  the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct  Ibn Rushd  studied Plato and Aristotle  his work helped reintroduce classical Greek philosophy to Europe

A Golden Age for Jews  Jews were persecuted by Christian  The Muslims tolerated “people of the book”  Jews and Christians  Many Jews who faced persecution came to al-Andalus

A Golden Age for Jews  Maimonides  Jewish Scholar  wrote and taught many subjects including religion, science and medicine  The Guide for the Perplexed