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Bellringer

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

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Bellringer

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  1. 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?

  2. Agenda • Bellringer • Outline Quiz • DBQ: Muslim Achievements

  3. Major Achievements of Islam

  4. Architecture • Dome of the Rock • Featured mosaics, arches, and domes taken from Greco-Roman culture

  5. Art • Mosaics—usually made in geometric patterns

  6. Created calligraphy- fancy style of writing in Arabic • Due to the Islamic prohibition of creating images of living things

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

  8. Learning • First to build true academies of learning • Took the idea from the Greeks

  9. Mathematics • Arabic Numerals • Invented zero • Made trading more convenient • Algebra • A book of Summary Concerning Calculating by Transposition and Reduction

  10. 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

  11. Geography • Made maps of the world and studied geography

  12. Test Next Class! • 50 MC Questions • Essay Questions • Islamic Achievements/Byzantine Achievements vs. ? • Islam vs. ? • Eastern Orthodox vs. ?

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