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Flourishing Muslim Civilization: Trade, Culture, and Innovation

Explore the vibrant Muslim world during the Abbasid era, where trade networks, social classes, women's roles, literature, art, architecture, science, medicine, and astronomy thrived. Discover the House of Wisdom, exquisite art forms, and pioneering advancements in various fields.

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Flourishing Muslim Civilization: Trade, Culture, and Innovation

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  1. Muslim Culture

  2. Trade Networks • Econ facilitators • Single language & single currency • Banks • Letters of credit (sakk) • Exchange for cash @ other banks • In Europe  pronounced check

  3. Setting the Stage • Abbasids • Prosperous period of Muslim history • Riches flowed in from • Europe, Asia, & Africa • Luxurious cities • Patronized arts & thought • Preserved knowledge • Produced original learning • Sophistication matched only by Tang (China)

  4. Social Classes • 4 classes • Upper class = Muslim born • Converts to Islam • “Protected people” • Christians, Jews & Zoroastrians • Slaves • POW • All non-Muslim • Jobs • Household work • Serve in military • Manual labor

  5. Women • Qur’an • Socially • Men are dominant • Control affairs of women • “Righteous woman is obedient” • Religiously • Equal as believers

  6. Women • Shari’a • More econ & property rights than • European, Indian & Chinese @ same time period • Expected to submit to men • Men could have 4 wives • If he can provide for them ($)

  7. Literature • The Thousand and One Nights • Collection of fairy tales, parables & legends • Core = India & Persia • Muslims added stories & arranged them • King Shahryar • Marries a new wife each day • Kills her the next day • Scheherezade • Tells him stories 1001 nights • King falls in love w/ her

  8. Art • What was discouraged? • Why? • Purpose? • Reflect = glory of Allah

  9. Art • Two types? • Calligraphy • Pictures using letters • Decorative arts • Woodwork, glass, ceramics & textiles • Style = Arabesque • Complex ornate design • Flowers or geometric patterns

  10. Calligraphy (writing)

  11. Arabesque

  12. Ornate Stone & Tile Work

  13. Ornate Metal Work

  14. Architecture • Greatest cultural blending • Mosque @ Damascus • Huge dome & vaulted ceilings  Byzantine • Syria  Roman • Baths & heating systems • Cordoba • Great Mosque • 2 levels of arches (original)

  15. Cordoba

  16. House of Wisdom • Library, academy & translation center • Scholars collected & translated • Scientific & philosophical text • From: • Greece, India, Persia & elsewhere

  17. Science • Problem solving: • Greeks  observation & logical • Muslims  experiments in lab • Mathematics • Al-Khwarizmi • “the art of bringing together unknowns to match a known quantity” • al-jabr algebra

  18. Medicine • Al-Razi • Great physician • Wrote: • Comprehensive Book • Treatise on Smallpox and Measles • Ibn al-Haytham • Optics • Revolutionized ideas about vision • Telescopes & microscopes

  19. Astronomy • Observatories charted • Stars, comets & planets • Fulfill 3 of the Five Pillars • Need an accurate lunar calendar • Ramadan • Hajj • Study the sky  fix locations of cities • Pray  face Mecca • Travel & trade

  20. Astronomy • Inventions • Astrolabe • Fix plate  map of sky • Rotating rete  daily movement of the earth • Purpose: • Calculate time, celestial events & relative position • Armillary Sphere • Calendar

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