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The Golden Age of Islam and the Dark Ages of Europe

The Golden Age of Islam and the Dark Ages of Europe. Europe and the Islamic World. Western Europe went through the Middle or “Dark Ages” while the Islamic World went through its Golden Age. Islam Spreads.

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The Golden Age of Islam and the Dark Ages of Europe

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  1. The Golden Age of Islam and the Dark Ages of Europe

  2. Europe and the Islamic World • Western Europe went through the Middle or “Dark Ages” while the Islamic World went through its Golden Age.

  3. Islam Spreads • Islam Spread Out of the Middle East to North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Parts of Spain • Byzantine Empire most affected by spread of Islam. As Islam spread the Eastern Roman Empire got smaller.

  4. Islam Spreads • Umayyads- Arab Muslim Empire in the Middle East and North Africa. • Abbasids-Muslim Empire with Land in Europe and Asia • Seljuk Turks-Rule much of the Land Once Held by Byzantine Empire

  5. IbnBattuta • A traveler and explorer, whose account documents his travels and excursions over a period of almost thirty years, covering some 73,000 miles These journeys covered almost the entirety of the known Islamic world and beyond, a distance readily surpassing that of his predecessors and his near-contemporary Marco Polo.

  6. Answer: • What is a Golden Age? • What are the general characteristics of a Golden Age?

  7. The Golden Age of Islam • 8th Century to the 13th Century • High Point of Islamic Culture • Islam Expands to 3 Continents • Bagdad, Iraq was the cultural, religious, and trade capital of Islamic World. One of three great cities of the time.

  8. The Golden Age of Islam • Preservation of Greek, Roman, and Hellenistic Culture • Achievements in medicine, science, math, geometry, algebra, anatomy, and astronomy.

  9. The Golden Age of Islam • Trade and Cultural Diffusion • Great Cities and Urban Centers • Indian System of Numbers • Literature • Architecture • Mosaics • Calligraphy • Art

  10. The Golden Age of Islam • Math-Arabic Numbers, zero, algebra • Medical Science- early hospitals, surgery, early medical encyclopedia • Chemistry • Geography- accurate maps • Musical Instruments- lute, guitar, tambourine • Poetry

  11. The End of the Islamic Golden Age • Mongols Destroy the city of Bagdad. • The Crusades

  12. Answer • What event started the Middle Ages in Europe? • How is Centralized Power different from Decentralized Power? • Why were the Middle Ages in Europe called the Dark Ages?

  13. Dark Ages • Time of Little Achievement in science, math, education, art. • Chaos • War • Little trade or travel • Few cities

  14. The Middle Ages • Middle Ages/Medieval/Dark Ages for Europe • From the Fall of Western Rome until the End of the Crusades and Beginning of the Renaissance

  15. What is Feudalism??? • Feudalism is an economic and political system based on land, loyalty, and protection. • Hierarchal System of Obligations • Used in Europe and Japan

  16. Characteristics of Feudalism • Decentralized • Land is Important • Manor System • Obligations • Lack of Trade • No Social Mobility • Similar in Japan and Europe

  17. How did Feudalism Work? • Monarch Gave Land to Nobles. • Nobles and Knights Pledged Military Service to the Monarch.

  18. Obligation • Lords Grant Land in Exchange for Military Service!

  19. Feudal Hierarchy • Monarch • Noble • Knight • Serf/Peasant

  20. The Manor • The Manor was the Lord’s Land. • Self-Sufficient- Everything is There. • Little Trade of Travel • Serfs Work the Land in Exchange for Protection from Knights and Nobles.

  21. The Church • During the Early Middle Ages and During Feudal Times the Church Was Very Powerful.

  22. The Church • During the Middle Ages the Church and its Leader the Pope was the Most Powerful Organization. • Unifying Force • Most People were Christian

  23. Crusades • Islamic World and Medieval World Collide during Crusades. • Crusades were a series of wars between Christian Knights and Muslim Warriors for control of Jerusalem • The Crusades End Europe’s Dark Age but also end Islam’s Golden Age

  24. Answer: • How did the Crusades affect both Medieval Europe and the Islamic World? • How is a dark age different from a golden age? • What were 3 achievements of Islam’s Golden Age? • How does Feudalism work?

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