Islam and the East Flashcards
When was a wave of conversions to Islam?
630 AD
Compared to the bible, the Koran?
More positive attitude towards nature
Less fear of new ideas leading to theschism of the faith
Faithful to study nature as part of God’s creation
The mosque was
Center of islamic religious life
Schools for Arabic literacy
Bait al-Hikmah (House of Wisdom)
Research center with library and observatory
School with most important scholars
State support
When was the Islamic Renaissance
9th to 12th century
Abdallah Ibn Sina
Child Prodigy
Book of Healing, Canon of Medicine
Three early dynasties in China
Xia, Shang, Zhou
Zhou Periods?
Western Zhou (1027-770 BC) Eastern Zhou 770 BC
Qin Shi Huangdi
221 BC, “First Emperor”
Terracotta Army
1974, 4 huge pits
Han Dynasty
206 BC to 220 AD
Active in an increasingly interconnected international world
Harrapan Technologies
Naval, Agricultural, Weights and Construction
