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Chapter 10.3

Chapter 10.3. Muslim Culture. Muslim Society. Very Diverse culture; Arabic traditions combined with many other traditions. The Rise of Muslim Cities Damascus - Ummayad Cordoba – Al-Andalus Jerusalem – Holy City Baghdad - Abbasid. Baghdad. Built by Caliph al-Mansure West bank of Tigris

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Chapter 10.3

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  1. Chapter 10.3 Muslim Culture

  2. Muslim Society • Very Diverse culture; Arabic traditions combined with many other traditions. • The Rise of Muslim Cities • Damascus - Ummayad • Cordoba – Al-Andalus • Jerusalem – Holy City • Baghdad - Abbasid

  3. Baghdad • Built by Caliph al-Mansure • West bank of Tigris • 762 AD • Circular design – three protective walls • Palace and Mosque in the innermost circle.

  4. Four Social Classes • Upper Class – Muslim by birth • Second Class – Converted Muslims • Third Class – “Protected People” • Slaves – Prisoners of war, all non-Muslim

  5. Role of Women • Specific Legal right from the Qur’an • Economic and property rights • Responsible for the raising of children • Lived increasingly isolated lives • Expected to veil (later)

  6. Muslim Scholarship • Europe lost much of its learning and scholarship • Muslim leaders preserved and used that knowledge. • House of Wisdom – Baghdad: library, academy and translation center

  7. Art and Sciences Flourish • Literature – Poems, desert life, The Thousand and One Nights • Art and Architecture • Calligraphy, Woodwork, Glass, Ceramics, Textiles • Great Mosque of Damascus, Baths, Arches

  8. Arts and Sciences cont. • Medical Advances • Al-Razi – writes an encyclopedia and a treatise on Smallpox and Measles, believed that fresh air was important/ • Math and Science Stretch Horizons • Reliance on scientific method • Al-Jabr – Algebra by Al-Khwarizmi

  9. Philosophy and Religion Blend Views • Translate Plato and Aristotle into Arabic • Ibn Rushd (Averroes) Used Greek philosophy to find the truth • Moses Ben Maimon (Maimonides) Jewish physician and philosopher – blends philosophy, religion and science

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