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Golden Age of Muslims

Golden Age of Muslims. Government. Islam more than just a religion great cultural movement that affected virtually every aspect of life within the Islamic Empire Sharia: No separation of church & state. Society & Economy. Social Classes Slaves: treated well, could raise status

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Golden Age of Muslims

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  1. Golden Age of Muslims

  2. Government • Islam • more than just a religion • great cultural movement that affected virtually every aspect of life within the Islamic Empire • Sharia: No separation of church & state

  3. Society & Economy • Social Classes • Slaves: treated well, could raise status • Women: education, inherit property, give consent to marriage

  4. Society & Economy • International Trade Network- honored merchants • Checks, banks, corporations/partnerships • Manufacturing: • Textiles of silk, carpet, wool • Metal work

  5. Arts & Literature • Design/Decoration • Idols banned • Arabesque- intricate design of curved lines that suggest floral shapes • Calligraphy

  6. Arts & Literature • Architecture 1. Secular & religious • Poetry • Firdausi: influential Persian literature • Rubaiyat: collection of Persian poetry

  7. World of Learning • Centers of Learning: educational focus • Math- al Khwarizmi: Muslim mathematician who pioneered the study of algebra

  8. World of Learning • Astronomy: astrolabe • Medicine 1. Avicenna developed a medical encyclopedia

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