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The rise of Islam

• Geography
  • Very limited agriculture
  • Hot and dry deserts
  • People of the Desert
    • On the deserts, the arab nomads, called Bedouins, were organized into clans
    • Clans were created because they provided security and support for a life made difficul

Muslim Empire Literature

-"Book of One Thousand and One Nights", Arabian Nights, West/South Asian folktales- shows the growing urban Islamic culture through variety and complexity
-begins with corruption, ends with redemption

-Book of 1,001 nights: king

the muslim culture is one of peace, and respect towards their god Allah. the Qur'an is the islamic bible in a sense, and the muslims try to read a portion of it on a daily basis. there were many crusades to spread religion in the middle east in the 1

Math and Science

Al-Khwariami-born before 780 in Baghdad, Iraq and died before 850. He was a matematician and astronomer who invented the Hindu-arabic numerals and the concepts of algebra. he lived in baghdad under the calliphate of Al-Ma mun

Ibn Al-Ha

Muslim Trade

traded on sea and land, 

India, china, arabia,northwest africa, egypt, black sea.  

some of the money from went into building irrigation systems and new canals that helped farmers get more out of their land. 

bank system- the start of the ba

TRADE:

LAND AND SEA

• Trade Partners- India, China, Arabia, Northwest Africa, Egypt, Black Sea, and Southwest Persia

Reason for trading

• Some of the money from trade went into building irrigation systems and new canals that helped farmers get more out of th

Mongol invasion- Major invasion in the 13th century. main leader was Genghis Khan.

conquered most the Asian continent. Genghis Khan passed the leadership on to his sons. Genghis Khan was not tolerant of the Islam religion. 

Trade in the muslim empire

partners-- india, china, arabia, northwest africa, egypt, black sea, southwest persia

reasons-- money from trade went into building irrigation systems and new canals that helped farmers get more out of their land; money also

Religion

Main things they did- Muslims prayed 5 times a day. The Muslims believed they knew everything.

Beliefs- They believed that there is one god. Read many books on god.

Quran- Muslims believe that the Quran is different from all other books in ways

Muslim Empire Religion

They pray 5 times a day

The Muslims believe they know everything about religion and it is th only one that is right

believe Allah will give them 72 virgins

Beleifs

- Beleive in only one god

- Read many book of god, especially the Qur

Artwork and Architecture of the Muslim Empire:
BUI Words:
-calligraphy-a type of visual art related to writing
-Arabesque- and ornamental design of intertwined flowing lines found in decorations
Artwork:
-the Muslims used artwork to reflect their cultural

TRADE-

• Land and Sea

Trade Partners

• India, China, Arabia, Africa, Egypt, Black Sea, Persia

Reasons for trade

• Some of the money from trade went into building irrigation systems and new canals that helped farmers get more out of the land
• The money also helped

Artwork and Architecture of the Muslim Empire

• BUI words
  • Calligraphy - a type of visual art related to writing
  • Arabesque - an ornamental design of intertwined flowing lines found in decorations
• Artwork
  • the Muslimes used artwork to reflect their cultural va

trade- india, china, arabia, northwest africa, egypt, black sea, southwest persia

some of the money from the trade went into building irrigation systems and a new canals that helped farmers get more out of their land.

the Dinar was and is the main form

Trade Muslim Empire

Traded through land and sea

Trade on land

-india, china, arabia, northwest africa, egypt, black sea, southwest persia

Reasons for trading

-some of the money from trade went into building irrigation systems and new canals that helped fa

Today we took the non-map test 2.

Three people took the test today. Worked on our U.N. Millennium project.

trade partners-

• india
• china
• arabia
• northwest africa
• egypt
• black sea
• southwest persia

reasons for trading-

some if the money from trade went into building irrigation systems and new canals

bank system-

start of the  bank system was when muhammad acted as an agen

trade routes-

partners- india(tigers,ebnoy, coconuts) China(silk, paper, ink)

reasons- some of the money form trade went into building irrigation systems and new canals taht helped farmers,

banking- didnt use intrest, combined most important things to m

Muslim Empire Literature-

the book of one thousand and one night story- about a Persian king and his new bride. discovers that his brothers wife is unfaithful. also discovers his own wife's secret is even more revealed.

Authors- Hanan al-shaykh wrote;