Bellringer

• SOL Challenge• Have out the APPARTS and the Mini-

DBQ sheet from last class—we’re working on those first!

• BJOTD: Why did the librarian slip and fall?

Agenda

• Bellringer• Outline Quiz• DBQ: Muslim Achievements

Major Achievements of Islam

Architecture

• Dome of the Rock– Featured mosaics, arches, and domes

taken from Greco-Roman culture

Art

• Mosaics—usually made in geometric patterns

• Created calligraphy- fancy style of writing in Arabic– Due to the

Islamic prohibition of creating images of living things

Language

• Arabic alphabet

• Ancient Greek and Roman texts were preserved by translating them into Arabic at the House of Wisdom

Learning

• First to build true academies of learning– Took the idea from the Greeks

Mathematics

• Arabic Numerals– Invented zero– Made trading more

convenient

• Algebra• A book of

Summary Concerning Calculating by Transposition and Reduction

Medicine

• Translation of Hippocrates and Aristotle led to interest in medicine– Developed treatments for

smallpox, ways to reduce pain (by using oral and inhalant painkillers) during surgeries, created anatomical sketches, thought of the idea of air-borne disease

Geography

• Made maps of the world and studied geography

Test Next Class!

• 50 MC Questions• Essay Questions– Islamic Achievements/Byzantine

Achievements vs. ?– Islam vs. ?– Eastern Orthodox vs. ?