1. Chapter 7

2. Dar Al Islam

3. What factors led tot the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate?
Excesses by the Caliphs and Wazirs: Monumental building, multiple wives, lavish gifts
Shi’i revolts
No succession laws
Gradual increase of Persian advisors
Slave mercenaries
Agrarian issues: peasants taxed too heavily, irrigation projects fell into disrepair
Nomadic invasions: Seljuk Turks took power circa 1055, ruled in name of the caliphs

4. How did the treatment of women C. O. T
How did the treatment of women C.O.T. from pre-Islamic to end of Abbasid Caliphate?
Extreme subjugation: introduction of veils
Development of the imperial Harem
Slave concubines
Rich women: no rights, prohibited from leaving quarters
Poor women: worked at market, more freedom

5. How did interregional conflict encourage the diffusion of culture?
Crusades: ( ) intensified the borrowing of Islamic culture
Impacted Europe more than Islamic states
Re-introduced Greek learning
Mathematics: zero, algebra
Technological advancements: astrolabe, cartography, navigation
Language: Arabic, Persian
Luxury goods: textiles (damask, silk, cotton, muslin) rugs, tapestries, slaves, sugar, coffee, yogurt
Pop culture: chess, chivalric ideals, coffee-house, troubadors.

6. Describe the synthesis of Islamic and Persian culture
Persian artistic influence on Mosques and temples
Literature:
Language: became the favored language of government and upper-class

7. Islamic achievements Medicine Technology: cartography, astrolabe
Astronomy
Machine technology: paper-making, silk (mostly diffused from China)
Mathematics: trigonometry, algebra (corrected)

8. How did Religious trends aid in the spread of Islamic culture?
Introduction of the Sufist movement
Mysticism and healing

9. Back to the decline…. Abbasid Caliphate dealt the final blow in 1258….
Mongols sacked the city of Baghdad
Glory supplanted by Cairo and Istanbul

10. Homework
Read the end of Ch. 7 and Ch. 8 AND answer the discussion questions
Watch John Green link on website
Ch. 8 Assignment:
Create a 8 x 10 propaganda poster about one of the Sudanic Kingdoms. Must include:
Slogan
5 pictures reflecting importance of the kingdom
Creativity
Organization of thought