Transcript Sultan-Political Leader

Moors
*Cordoba
Maghrib
Ottoman
*Baghdad
*Cairo
Fatimids
Mamluks
Golden Age
of Islam
900-1200 CE
Safavid
Islam’s Golden Age in Middle
East/North Africa
900-1200
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Culturally United
Economically prosperous
Most advanced region in the world
Politically Divided
Islam’s Golden Age in Middle
East/North Africa
900-1200
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Abbasid Dynasty was weakening
Three areas of political control
Influx of Non-Arab Muslims
Three Caliphs emerge in 1000CE
Eastern Region
Capital City: Baghdad
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Eastern Region
• Seljuk Turks
• Absorbed into Abbasid
Army… Converted to Islam
• Created own political group
• Controlled Baghdad
• New political Arrangement
Sultan-Political Leader Caliph-Religious Leader
Turk
Arab
Central Region
Capital City: Cairo
Central Region
• Ruled by Saladinmilitary leader during Crusades
• Cairo emerged as learning center of
world
• Mamluk Dynasty held off Mongol
advance into Africa
Western Region
Capital City: Cordoba
Western Region
• Most politically divided—small
kingdoms
• Includes Muslim Spain (Moors)Constantly at war with Christians
Impact Islamic World had on Western
Europe
Catalyst for this Impact: The Crusades
Impact of Islamic World on
Western Europe
1. Preserved learning of
ancient empires See inventions chart
2. Economic Borrowing
by the west
3. Language
4. Other Islamic achievements
benefit the west
5. Politically united
the West
6. Impact of Islamic Scholars on
European thought
Synthesis of Faith and Reason
Faith
Reason
Can having faith and the ability to reason co-exist?
Synthesis of Faith and Reason
Muslim Take
Muslim Heritage of
Preserving Classical
learning
Theological Leader in
support: al-Ghazali
Reason is a gift from God to be
used to better mankind through
Science
Faith in one authority:
Allah
Synthesis of Faith and Reason
European Take
Muslim Heritage of
Preserving Classical
learning
Church Leaders in support:
Augustine and Aquinas
Reason is a gift from God to
understand what we believe
and why we believe it
Faith in one authority:
God
Homework; Find pictures of…
• Dome of the Rock
• Russian Orthodox Church
• Angkor Wat
• Mosque Jenne
• Western European Cathedral
• Hagia Sophia
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