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¼ Aim: What were the achievements of the Islamic Golden Age?
Do Now: The following document appeared on a NYS Regents Exam DBQ concerning
“Golden Ages.” Read the following document then answer the questions on your handout
Medical Reference Books
When Europeans learned that Muslims had preserved
important medical texts, they wanted to translate the texts
into Latin. In the eleventh century, scholars traveled to
libraries in places such as Toledo, Spain, where they
began translating –but only after they learned to read
Arabic. Through this process, European medical schools
gained access to vital reference sources such as al-Razi’s
Comprehensive Book and Ibn Sina’s The Canon of
medicine. Ibn Sina’s five-volume encyclopedia guided
doctors of Europe and Southwest Asia for six centuries.
For nearly 500 years, al Qasim’s work, The Method, which
contained original drawings of some 200 medical tools,
was the foremost textbook on surgery in Europe.
Tonight’s HW
• ½ page comparing and
contrasting Islam with
Christianity and Judaism
The Golden Age of Muslim Civilization: The Abbasid
Empire
Literature
• Literature influenced by
Indian, Persian, Greek,
Jewish, Egyptian influences
•Qu’ran considered to be the
most important piece of
Arabic literature
• A Thousand and One
Nights: collection of stories
which includes Aladdin and
his magic lamp.
The Golden Age of Muslim Civilization: The Abbasid
Empire
Muslim Social
Pyramid
Muslim Economy
• Based on Trade
•Being a merchant was
an honor because
Muhammad was a
merchant.
•Traders traded along
the silk road with China
and India
The Golden Age of Muslim Civilization: The Abbasid
Empire
Science, Math, and Medicine
•Algebra developed (Al-Jabr)
20X + 100 = 300
•Astronomy: Observed Earth turning
and measure its circumference
• Set up hospitals
• Doctors must pass tests
• Wrote over 4000 prescriptions for
disease treatment
The Golden Age of Muslim Civilization
Art and Architecture
•Use beautiful writing and geometric
patterns to decorate buildings and art
•Adapt Byzantine domes and arches
• Minarets: slender towers outside of
mosques to call the faithful to prayer.
The Golden Age of Muslim Civilization
Art and Architecture
Inside the Blue Mosque