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End of the Islamic Golden Age

End of the Islamic Golden Age. Significant Events. Disintegration of Moslem Spain 1000-1030 Rise of mysticism Crusades Mongol Conquests. Disintegration of Moslem Spain 1000-1030. Islamic Spain was intellectually lively but politically chaotic

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End of the Islamic Golden Age

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  1. End of the Islamic Golden Age

  2. Significant Events • Disintegration of Moslem Spain 1000-1030 • Rise of mysticism • Crusades • Mongol Conquests

  3. Disintegration of Moslem Spain 1000-1030 • Islamic Spain was intellectually lively but politically chaotic • Dictator Al-Mansur played off aristocracy, mercenary soldiers and slave bureaucracy against each other. • After his death, Spain collapsed into revolt and civil war, and fragmented into small states • Advance of Christian Spain facilitated

  4. Rise of Mysticism • Al-Ghazzali (1058-1111) • Left distinguished career as jurist and professor to found a mystical school • Eastern Islam moved away from rationalist theology toward mysticism

  5. Crusades • Perception of Crusaders as uncivilized and inept • Set stage for Turkish advance into Europe • Reduced tolerance for Christianity

  6. Mongol Conquests • Sack of Baghdad destroyed the greatest remaining Islamic cultural center • Death of Caliph a shattering blow to Islamic self-confidence • Loss of Caliphate meant loss of unifying force in Islam

  7. A Perspective on the Islamic Golden Age

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