The Empire of Islam

  1. A Century of Expansion
    1. Intro-soldiers
    2. Weapons
    3. Expansion Under Umayyad rule
    1. The Muslim empire
    2. Expanding empire
    1. The Umayyads- Intro
    2. Umayyad changes
    1. Capital and government
    2. Umayyad rule
    1. Westward expansion
    1. Military leaders
    2. Moving
    3. Conquering of the Iberian Peninsula
    4. From Spain crossed Pyrenees, raided France
    5. The Battle of Tours
    1. An empire of many peoples
    1. Expanding empire
    2. Treatment of non-Muslims
    1. Multi-mixed culture
    2. Tolerant people
    3. Government Vs. religions
    4. Beneficial tolerance
    1. Government
    1. Bureaucracy
    2. Emirs
    3. Warning
    4. Dissent
    5. A letter
    1. Umayyad Unity
    1. A common language- Arabic
    2. A common coinage- money
    3. Religious architecture
    1. Built a mosque
    2. North Africa was conquered
    1. The Umayyad downfall
    1. Conquered many new lands
    2. Many non-Muslims converted, leaving a lack of tax money
    3. Muslim armies made fewer conquests
    4. Umayyad opponents
    5. The Abbasids
    6. Abbasids gain control through manslaughter
    7. One man escaped, began to unite warring Muslims
  1. The Golden Age
    1. Second Abbasid caliph
    2. Baghdad
    3. River traffic
    4. Under Abbasid rule
    1. New Abbasid empire
    2. Moving the capital
    3. Postal system/spy network
    4. Absorbing customs and traditions
    5. New Muslim culture, Arabic still main language
    1. The new capital of Baghdad
    1. Baghdad’s economy
    2. The Abbasids improved the ancient city
    3. Traders came for products
    4. Muslims developed a banking system
    5. Muslim rule unified the eastern world
    6. People grew rich and had leisure time
    1. Abbasid culture
    1. Great wealth enabled them to support arts and learning
    2. Art and design
    1. Calligraphy
    2. Decorations in mosques
    3. Floral designs
    1. Bookmaking and literature
    1. Skill of papermaking spread- more books available
    2. New books and Spain
    3. Poetry
    1. Abbasid achievements in learning
    1. Reputation of scholars
    2. Science and mathematics
    1. Muslims developed math techniques
    2. Algebra
    1. Medicine
    1. doctors became skilled at diagnostics and treatment
    2. Avicenna
    3. Treating illness
    1. A divided empire
    1. Factions and revolt
    1. Factions
    2. Fatimids
    1. Seljuk Turks
    1. Groups broke away from the weak Abbasid empire
    2. Seljuk Turks
    3. The end of the Abbasid empire

 

  1. Islamic Spain
    1. Faithful Muslims and the Qur’an
    2. The great mosque of Cordoba
    3. The return of the Umayyads
    1. Uniting Muslim Spain
    1. Independent Muslim kingdom
    2. Goals to unify Spain
    1. Strengthening Cordoba
    1. The high point for Umayyad power
    2. Increased strength of the army
    1. Glory of Cordoba
    1. A thriving cultural center
    2. Western Europe’s largest city
    3. A center of learning
    1. Poetry and music
    2. Books
    3. Cordoba’s greatest legacy
    1. The Intellectual community
    1. Abbas Ibn Firnas
    2. Non-Muslims in Cordoba
    1. A Golden Age for Jews
    1. Sephardic
    2. Moses Maimonides
    3. The Guide for the Perplexed
    4. Muslim Spain
    1. A City of Merchants
    1. Merchants
    2. Irrigation
    1. The Loss of Spain
    1. The Reconquest
    2. An empire lost
    1. The Umayyad empire began to die
    2. Cordoba fell almost 500 years after established as capital
    3. Aragon and Castile
    4. Refugees settled in North Africa