lecture on Islamic golden age

1. LECTURE on
Islamic Golden Age

2. Unification of the
Islamic Empire
1. Muhammad’s
Death…
a. Sunni…
b. Shia…
2. Expansion…
3. Umayyad
Caliphate
a. Caliph…
b. Damascus…
4. Abbasic Caliphate
a. Golden Age…

3. Unification of the
Islamic Empire
1. Muhammad’s ……
a. Shia…
2. …
3. Umayyad
Caliphate
a. Caliph…
b. Damascus…
4. Abbasid Caliphate
a. Golden Age…
b. Baghdad…

4. Islamic education
1. Origins
a. Quran…
b. Hadith…
c. Maktab…
2. Universities
a. Madrasas…
b. Ijaza…
c. Major Cities…
3. Libraries
a. Paper…
b. Scribes…

5. Islamic Achievements
1. Science
a. astronomy…
b. Optics…
c. Medicine…
2. Math
a. Arabic Numerals…
b. Algebra…
3. Art
a. Calligraphy…
b. Architecture…
4. Geography

6. Let’s go on a tour…

7. Dome of the
Rock

8. House of Wisdom

9. Mosques
Suleyman Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey,
1557
Great Mosque, Xian,
China, 742

10. Great Mosque at Cordoba

11. Alhambra Palace

12. Tombs
Mausoleum in
Bukhara,
Uzbekistan, 943
Taj Mahal in Agra, India,
built in 1648 for Mumtaz
Mahal, the favorite wife
of Shah Jahan

13. Other palaces/fortresses
Topkapi Palace,
Istanbul, built for
Suleyman the
Magnificent
during the 15th
century
The Citadel, Cairo, built by
Saladin in 1176