You will answer the questions to the top right corner of your notes Entrance Slip Using the SPICE Acronym write characteristics for medieval Europe Entrance Slip Complete the reading Muslim Towns and Trade in North Africa ID: 253652
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Slide1
You will read the article but do not write on the sheet. You will answer the questions to the top right corner of your notes.
Entrance SlipSlide2
Using the SPICE Acronym write characteristics for medieval Europe.
Entrance SlipSlide3
Complete the reading, Muslim Towns and Trade in North AfricaSlide4
1. Kairouan is the largest city and seat of government in the Maghrib
region. It has great wealth and a great deal of trade.
2. “fair
mulatto
girls,…young and handsome European slaves, amber, silks, suits of very fine wool, fineries, woolen skirts, carpets, iron, lead, mercury,
eunuchs”
3. The caravans bring great profits.
Answers to the Reading:Slide5
The Islamic Empire in the Middle AgesSlide6
SPICE
Write an acronym using your spice characteristics to explain Europe during the Middle Ages.Slide7
Describe Europe during the Middle Ages.S – Social pyramid is very rigid and hard to move upP –
I-
C-
E-
RecallSlide8
Describe Europe during the Middle Ages.S – Social pyramid is very rigid and hard to move upP – Religious leaders and land owners control politics
I – Very few intellectual advancements (people focused on avoiding starvation, fending off nomadic warriors)
C – Christianity is the dominant religion, art and architecture aren’t priorities
E – Trade mostly domestic (between towns and cities within the country)
RecallSlide9
Europe is “in the dark”.Overall, Slide10
Not all civilization are experiencing a “Dark Age”. One such place that is making rapid SPICE advancements is the Islamic Empire.
Shade in the area shown below as the Islamic Empire:
Elsewhere, Slide11
Social Pyramid of the Muslim World
Based on the pyramid, who are the most important people in Islamic society?Slide12
Social Pyramid of the Muslim World
Using the pyramid on the right and your memory, what does the Muslim world share with Medieval Europe and Japan?Slide13
Social Pyramid of the Muslim World
Based on the pyramid, how will Medieval European and Medieval Muslim intellectual characteristics differ?Slide14
Many people today believe the religion of Islam to be restrictive and conservative, a misinterpretation.During the Middle Ages, the most popular form of Islam was very liberal, while the most popular form of Christianity was very conservative.
Christian leaders would more commonly demand
strict
adherence to (following of) religious laws and beliefs while Muslim leaders would promote
questioning
the faith in order to strengthen it.
Therefore, during the Middle Ages, most intellectual advancements came out of the
non-Christian
areas of the world.
Religious MisconceptionsSlide15
Now, you will get to see what the Muslim World we’ve spoken of and read about looks like.Please answer the Video Questions while watching Islam: Empire of Faith, Part II.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1PxJomypQE
Visualizing the PastSlide16
Grab an exit slip and fill it out!
Comparing Cultures