Excesses by the Caliphs and Wazirs Monumental building multiple wives lavish gifts Shii revolts No succession laws Gradual increase of Persian advisors Slave mercenaries Agrarian issues peasants taxed too heavily irrigation projects fell into disrepair ID: 705968
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Chapter 7Slide2
Dar Al Islam Slide3
What factors led tot the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate?
Excesses by the Caliphs and
Wazirs
: Monumental building, multiple wives, lavish gifts
Shi’i
revolts
No succession laws
Gradual increase of Persian advisors
Slave mercenaries
Agrarian issues: peasants taxed too heavily, irrigation projects fell into disrepair
Nomadic invasions: Seljuk Turks took power circa 1055, ruled in name of the caliphsSlide4
How did the treatment of women C.O.T. from pre-Islamic to end of Abbasid Caliphate?
Extreme subjugation: introduction of veils
Development of the imperial Harem
Slave concubines
Rich women: no rights, prohibited from leaving quarters
Poor women: worked at market, more freedom Slide5
How did
interregional
conflict encourage the diffusion of culture?
Crusades: (1099-1293) intensified the borrowing of Islamic culture
Impacted Europe more than Islamic states
Re-introduced Greek learning
Mathematics: zero, algebra
Technological advancements: astrolabe, cartography, navigation
Language: Arabic, Persian
Luxury goods: textiles (damask, silk, cotton, muslin) rugs, tapestries, slaves, sugar, coffee, yogurt
Pop culture: chess, chivalric ideals, coffee-house,
troubadors
. Slide6
Describe the
synthesis
of Islamic and Persian culture
Persian artistic influence on Mosques and temples
Literature:
Language: became the favored language of government and upper-classSlide7
Islamic achievements
Medicine
Technology: cartography, astrolabe
Astronomy
Machine technology: paper-making, silk (mostly diffused from China)
Mathematics: trigonometry, algebra (corrected)Slide8
How did Religious trends aid in the spread of Islamic culture?
Introduction of the
Sufist
movement
Mysticism and healing Slide9
Back to the decline….
Abbasid Caliphate dealt the final blow in 1258….
Mongols sacked the city of Baghdad
Glory supplanted by Cairo and Istanbul Slide10
Homework
Read the end of Ch. 7 and Ch. 8 AND answer the discussion questions
Watch John Green link on website
Ch. 8 Assignment:
Create a 8 x 10 propaganda poster about one of the Sudanic Kingdoms. Must include:
Slogan
5 pictures reflecting importance of the kingdom
Creativity
Organization of thought