Islamic Golden Age

A time when scientific studies and research in fields like medicine, economics, mathematics, astronomy, geography, and many more were flourishing in the Islamic world.

• Age of Reason

• Dark Ages

• Golden Age

• Age of Enlightenment

Al-Khwarizmi was a Persian _____.

• scientist

• medical doctor

• ruler

• polymath

Which groups came together to fuel the Golden Age?

• Muslim

• Jews

• Christians

• Zoroastrians

• People of all religions and cultures

When did the Abbasid Caliphate came to power?

• 610 CE

• 750 CE

• 786 CE

• 476 CE

The center of the Islamic Golden Age

• Baghdad

• Damascus

• Cordoba

• Mecca

How did scholars preserve knowledge?

• They kept the books in a library

• They translated the books in Arabic

• They built schools for scribes.

• They trained scholars to become educators.

Islamic scholars only worked on translating ancient books.

• True

• False

Baghdad became the center of Islamic Golden Age because its geography allowed it to become a ____.

• empire

• village

• metropolitan

• farming village

An advantage the Abbasids had was that they controlled this trade network that allowed them to trade goods and ideas?

• Blue Ridge Parkway

• Appian Way

• Route 66

• Silk Road