Transcript Golden Age of Islam

Golden Age of Islam
Abbasid Caliphate (750 – 1055)
Golden Age of Islam
 Islam on education:
"Acquire knowledge, it enables its professor
to distinguish right from wrong; it lights the
way to heaven. It is our friend in the desert,
our company in solitude and companion
when friendless. It guides us to happiness,
it sustains us in misery, it is an ornament
amongst friends and an armor against
enemies.” Mohammed
Golden Age of Islam
 Abbasids bring Islamic Empire to a golden age.
Characteristics of a Golden Age
- Stable Government
- Strong Economy
- Advances in Art and Architecture
- Advances in Education
- Advances in technology and science
- Advances in literature and poetry
Achievements of Islamic
Civilization
 Extensive trade led Muslims to new ways of doing business.
- set up banks
- began use of checks
Achievements of Islamic Empire
 Medicine
- Avicenna wrote an encyclopedia, Canon of Medicine, on
disease that outlined both symptoms and cures
Achievements of Islamic
Civilization
 Muhammad al – Razi studied measles and smallpox
Measles
Smallpox
Achievements of Islamic
Civilization
 Architecture – Dome of the Rock built in Jerusalem
Achievements of Islamic
Civilization
 Muslim philosophers tried to combine Greek ideas with
religion
 Averroes put all knowledge to test of reason
“Two truths cannot contradict
one another.”
― Averroes
Achievements of Islamic
Civilization
 Muslims translated and preserved Greek and Roman
knowledge
Achievements of Islamic
Civilization
 Muslims excelled at poetry and literature.
 The Thousand and One Nights is a collection of Arab tales.
 Most famous example of Islamic Literature is the Quran
Achievements of Islamic
Civilization
 Education
- al-Khwarizmi developed algebra
- Omar Khayyam made advances in astronomy and poetry
Achievements of Islamic
Civilization
 Islamic artists used shapes and patterns because images of
God or humans was forbidden
Achievements of Islamic
Civilization
 Islamic Caligraphy
Achievements of Islamic
Civilization
 Islamic Society
- Slavery was permitted, but discouraged
- Slaves could convert to Islam and be set free
- People were granted social mobility
- All Muslims were considered equal