Islamic Golden Age

THE

ISLAMIC
GOLDEN

AGE

Art

Religious Art
• glorifies Allah’s words
• Quran calligraphy
Non-Religious Art
• Geometric shapes
• Does not include humans or animals

Geography

al-Idrisi
• created the most accurate map of the world

They translated Greek and Roman geography books into Arabic

Literature

• 1001 Nights/Arabian Nights

Math

al-Khwarizmi
• mathematician and astronomer
• Arabic numerals 0-9
• invented algebra
• developed a mathematical model of solar system

and planetary orbits

Math

Medicine

Ibn Sina
• Canon of Medicine - textbook of medicine
• describes symptoms and how to diagnose and treat

diseases

• medical schools and hospitals
al-Nafis
• discovered the flow of blood from the heart

throughout the body

Medicine

Philosophy

al-Kindi
• studied Greek philosophy
• only God(Allah) can give life

Science

al-Haytham
• light travels in a straight line
• scientific method

They also developed solar calendars and believed in
early forms of evolution and were the first to label chemical substances.

Science

Multiple Choice

The Quran provides Muslims with guidelines on how to live and stresses the need to treat others fairly

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The _____ were missionaries, or traveling preachers, who spread the teachings of Islam.

• Sufis

• Muslims

• Ottomans

• Turks

Multiple Choice

group that believed Umayyad caliphs should rule

• Sunni

• Shia

Multiple Choice

group that believed descendants of Ali should rule

• Sunni

• Shia

Multiple Choice

caliphs who governed the Arab Empire from Damascus

• Umayads

• Sunni

• Shia

• Ottomans

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