The Abbasid & Golden Age of Islam

Question 1

Abbasid

Answer 1

• Golden Age of Islam
• Baghdad was capital (the place to be in this time period)
• highest standard of living, culturally advanced, advancements in science
• trade (2nd Golden Age of the Silk Road)
• Credit offered by merchants (facilitates trade)
• astronomical observations
• better steel for swords
• Greek, Roman, Persian learning preserved
• Arabic numerals
• Algebra geometry, trigonometry
• Astrolabe for navigation
• knowledge of the earth revolving on an axis around the sun
• anatomy
• medical encyclopedia
• cartographers
• poetry (Arabian Nights)
• arabesques

Question 2

Sufis

Answer 2

• responsible for spread of Islam
• had a mystical relationship with Allah
• created syncretism (blending of different cultures)

Question 3

fall of Abbasid

Answer 3

• the third caliph (saw troubles) (Al-Mahdi)
• addiction to drugs and harem
• political divisions
• attempts to reconcile difference between Sunni and Shea, lead to revolt
• succession problems
• eventually civil war

Question 4

gender

Answer 4

• spiritually everyone is equal, but in reality it is still male dominant
• men could have up to 4 wives
• women’s testimony half of man’s
• harams

Question 5

________ is considered the golden age of Islam

Answer 5

• the Abbasid Caliphate

Question 6

during the golden age of Islam, there were geometric patterns in mosques because _______

Answer 6

• there were no pictures of Mohammed allowed

Question 7

the biggest issue facing the Abbasid Dynasty was

Answer 7

• succession of the kaliph

Question 8

in addition to advancements in mathematics, the ______ theory of the Earth became widely accepted

Answer 8

• heliocentric

Question 9

during the Abbasid Dynasty, attempts to repair rights between the Shia and Sunni Muslims ______

Answer 9

• failed miserably