*Baghdad*Cairo

*Cordoba Ottoman Safavid

Fatimids

Mamluks

Moors

Maghrib

Golden Age of Islam

900-1200 CE

Islam’s Golden Age in Middle East/North Africa

900-1200• Culturally United

• Economically prosperous

• Most advanced region in the world

• Politically Divided

• Abbasid Dynasty was weakening

• Three areas of political control

• Influx of Non-Arab Muslims

• Three Caliphs emerge in 1000CE

Islam’s Golden Age in Middle East/North Africa

900-1200

Eastern Region

Capital City: Baghdad

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• Seljuk Turks• Absorbed into Abbasid Army…• Created own political group• Controlled Baghdad• New political Arrangement

Eastern Region

Sultan-Political Leader

TurkCaliph-Religious Leader

Arab

Converted to Islam

Central Region

Capital City: Cairo

• Ruled by Saladin-

• Cairo emerged as learning center of world

Central Region

military leader during Crusades

• Mamluk Dynasty held off Mongol advance into Africa

Western Region

Capital City: Cordoba

• Most politically divided—small kingdoms

• Includes Muslim Spain (Moors)-Constantly at war with Christians

Western Region

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 empires2. Economic Borrowing by the west

See inventions chart

3. Language

5. Politically united the West

4. Other Islamic achievements benefit 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?

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

Synthesis of Faith and ReasonMuslim Take

Faith in one authority: Allah

Synthesis of Faith and ReasonEuropean Take

Church Leaders in support: Augustine and Aquinas

Muslim Heritage of Preserving Classical learning

Faith in one authority: God

Reason is a gift from God to understand what we believe and why we believe it

Homework; Find pictures of…• Dome of the Rock• Russian Orthodox Church• Angkor Wat• Mosque Jenne• Western European Cathedral• Hagia SophiaCut and Paste into a word document. Print.

Insert in notebook