Golden Age of Islam Practice

The Golden Age of Islamic Culture was when ___________.

• Muslims found gold

• knowledge and inventions flourished

• Muslims invented a new writing system

"From southern Spain, across northern Africa, occupying the Arabian peninsula to Southeast Asia" once described the extent of the 

• Pax Romana
• Aztec Empire
• Maya Empire
• Muslim World.

How are all Golden Ages similar?

• They all have to do with democratic governments.
• Trade and commerce decline.
• Religious ideas were widely denied.
• Advances in science and technology occurred.

How did the Ottoman Empire come into power?  (1453)

• They defeated the Aztecs.
• They defeated the Byzantine Empire
• They defeated the Crusaders.
• They defeated the French.

Why was the Ottoman Empire able to expand its borders?

• Extensive trade with the Americas.
• They bought the land from other empires.
• Military assistance from the French.
• They had a strategic location between Europe and Asia.

The Golden Age of Muslim culture was known for

• a decline in trade and commerce
• Advances in science, math, art, architecture, science, and medicine.
• Frequent conflicts between Muslims and Christians
• attempts to colonize North America

What is a fact about the Golden Age of Islam?

• Islamic society preserved Greek and Roman culture.
• Islamic art is abstract and the best art.
• Muslim artists are the most talented artists in the world.
• Muslims were the best mathematicians.

The Golden Ages of the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires can be attributed in part to

• Cultural isolation
• Distinct social classes.
• stable governments.
• command economies.

Both the Ottoman Empire and the Roman Empire declined due to

• Women had equality
• corruption in government
• development of parliamentary governments
• too much power in the hands of the working class.

WHAT were the crusades?

• Holy wars between Muslims and Christians

• Five special practices Muslims follow