Realm of Islam ReviewChapter 14

Capital based in Damascus

Favored the Arab military aristocracy

Placed the Jizya on non-Muslims

Capital based in Baghdad

More cosmopolitan Did not show

special favor to Arabs

“Golden Age of Islam”

Umayyads 661-750 Abbasids 750 -1258 ce

What were some ideas the Muslims borrowed from surrounding civilizations?

Islamic Empire

India- Hindi NumeralsAllowed them to develop

Algebra/Trigonometry

China-Paper-Compass

-silk

PERSIA-Administrative

TechniquesRoads

What Muslim innovations fostered trade?

Sakks (Checks), buying on credit, banks

Lateen Sails (borrowed Asian/Indian Mariners)

Astrolabe (borrowed from the Greeks) Camel saddles, Caravanserais, and

Caravans They maintained Roads

What are some similarities between the Abbasids, Romans, and Persians?

Centralized rule Roads Promoted trade

What were some of the intellectual achievements of the Abbasids?

Mathematics- Algebra & Trigonometry Medicine- surgeries & anesthesia Literature- 1001 Arabian Nights Establishment of Madrasas

“institutions of higher learning”

How did women's’ roles change after the expansion of Islam?

The Quran portrayed women as equal before Allah. Outlawed infanticide, dowries went brides rather husbands, engage in business etc.

As Islam expanded womens’ roles changed as it expanded into patriarchal regions such as Persia, Mesopotamia etc.

Over time women were to Veiled and put under supervision of men