1. Ch 4.2-4.3:Golden Age in the East
EQ: What cultural contributions did the Muslims leave ?

2. Q1: Abbasid Golden Age
Golden age refers to a time period when society or culture is at its peak or most successful point
The Abbasid policies helped to create empire’s Golden Age

3. Q2: Powerful Abbasid Empire
Powerful Army
Used idea of INCLUSION
Most talented people able to participate in government and cultural life
This included Jews and Christians, any Arab or non-Arab

4. Q3: Baghdad On Tigris River, excellent for trade
Flourished as center of culture, scholarship, and trade
“House of Wisdom” was a huge library which gave scholars access to thousands of books from all over the world

5. - BEAUTIFUL GEOMETRIC DESIGNS IN PAINTINGS AND POTTERY
Q4A:Muslim Art Contributions
- BEAUTIFUL GEOMETRIC DESIGNS IN PAINTINGS AND POTTERY

6. Q4B: Muslim Art Contributions
Art should praise Allah
No human images
The use of calligraphy was used as art
Domes and vaults were also used in mosques

7. Q5: Bookmaking and Literature
House of Wisdom housed books on
all subjects from all over world
Through bookmaking greatest contribution to western civilization was preserving and
advancing knowledge from previous cultures
Translated many Greek works by Aristotle and Plato into Arabic
City of Cordoba had over 70 libraries, largest library had over 400,000 books

8. Q6: Mathematics
-BUILT ON IDEAS FROM GREEKS, EGYPTIANS, AND INDIANS -DEVELOPED ARABIC NUMBERING SYSTEM -AL-KHWARIZMI WAS SCHOLAR WHO PUBLISHED A SET OF MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS TITLED HISAB AL-JABR -AL-JABR IS THE ORIGIN OF ALGEBRA

9. Summary
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EQ: What cultural contributions did the Muslims leave ?

10. Summary Question: Tree map
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Muslim Advances
Art
Books and literature
Math