1. MUSLIM
CIVILIZATION’S
GOLDEN AGE
Ch. 10, sec. 3

2. Copy this chart in your notes:
Muslim Achievements
Economics
Arts
Literature
Philosophy
Sciences

3. Islamic World in 750 A.D.

4. Economic Advances
 Built international trade network
 Valued merchants
 Used credit and checks
 Banks opened in major cities
 Agriculture and manufacturing increase

5. Art
 Forbidden to portray
God or human figures
in religious art
 Decorated patterns
inside mosques
 Calligraphy- beautiful
handwriting
 Humans and animals
were portrayed in non-
religious art

6. Literature
 Quran
 Poetry
 “If
I worship thee in hope of
paradise, exclude me from
paradise”
 Adventure Tales-
storytelling
 “Aladdin and his Magic
Lamp”
 “Ali Baba and the Forty
Thieves”

7. Philosophy
 Muslim scholars translated the works
of Greek philosophers
 Muslim philosophers:
Ibn Rushd- wrote commentary on
Aristotle’s writing
Ibn Khaldun- argued for the use of
historical investigation

8. Math and Science- read p. 136