How Did Abbaid Caliph's Impact On American Culture And Society
Lindsay Clifford
“Ship of the Desert”: Camel caravans—the “ships of the desert”—crossed the Sahara into West Africa.
Social Mobility: The ability to move up in social class.
Mosaic: picture made with small colored pieces: a picture or design made with small pieces of colored material such as glass or tile stuck onto a surface.
Arabesque: ornate design: an intricate and often symmetrical design incorporating curves, geometric patterns, leaves, flowers, and animal shapes.
1.) It was a library and university in Baghdad. During the Abbasid period, scholars made advances in a variety of fields. The caliph’s dream was that he met Aristotle, and plied him with questions about ethics, reason, and religion. After, his dream inspired …show more content…
To help break down the tribal system, Abbasid caliphs also created a class of Turkish slave-soldiers, who were loyal only to the caliph. Often educated in Islamic law and government, some of these men rose to high positions in the government, such as vizier. This set the stage for the Turks to become powerful later in the Abbasid era. 5.) Muslim art and literature reflected the diverse traditions of the various peoples who lived under Muslim rule, including Greeks, Romans, Persians, and Indians. As in Christian Europe and Hindu India, religion shaped the arts and literature of Muslim civilization. The great work of Islamic literature was the Quran itself. Because the Quran strictly banned the worship of idols, Muslim religious leaders forbade artists to portray God or human figures in religious art, giving Islamic art a distinctive style. 6.) In this collection of four-line stanzas, Khayyam meditates on fate and the fleeting nature of life. He means that you can’t take back something that you did. Not his piety or tears or wit can change what he has …show more content…
In addition, Muslim artists perfected skills in calligraphy. They worked the flowing Arabic script, especially verses from the Quran, into decorations on buildings.
Literature: reflected the diverse traditions of the various peoples who lived under Muslim rule. Oral poetry talked about the joys of battle, desert journeys, or the glories of their clans. Their most important themes—chivalry and the romance of nomadic life—recurred in Arab poetry throughout the centuries. Later Arab poets developed elaborate formal rules for writing poetry and explored both religious and worldly themes.
Astronomy: They studied eclipses, observed Earth’s rotation, and calculated the circumference of Earth to within a few thousand feet. When overland trade along the Silk Road became disrupted in the 1400s, new navigation tools paved the way for seafaring explorers like Christopher Columbus. They developed the quadrant, astronomical table, and astrolabe.
Architecture: Domed mosques and high minarets dominated Muslim cities. Centers of Learning were also established, such as libraries, where scholars made advances in philosophy, math, medicine, and other
“Ship of the Desert”: Camel caravans—the “ships of the desert”—crossed the Sahara into West Africa.
Social Mobility: The ability to move up in social class.
Mosaic: picture made with small colored pieces: a picture or design made with small pieces of colored material such as glass or tile stuck onto a surface.
Arabesque: ornate design: an intricate and often symmetrical design incorporating curves, geometric patterns, leaves, flowers, and animal shapes.
1.) It was a library and university in Baghdad. During the Abbasid period, scholars made advances in a variety of fields. The caliph’s dream was that he met Aristotle, and plied him with questions about ethics, reason, and religion. After, his dream inspired …show more content…
To help break down the tribal system, Abbasid caliphs also created a class of Turkish slave-soldiers, who were loyal only to the caliph. Often educated in Islamic law and government, some of these men rose to high positions in the government, such as vizier. This set the stage for the Turks to become powerful later in the Abbasid era. 5.) Muslim art and literature reflected the diverse traditions of the various peoples who lived under Muslim rule, including Greeks, Romans, Persians, and Indians. As in Christian Europe and Hindu India, religion shaped the arts and literature of Muslim civilization. The great work of Islamic literature was the Quran itself. Because the Quran strictly banned the worship of idols, Muslim religious leaders forbade artists to portray God or human figures in religious art, giving Islamic art a distinctive style. 6.) In this collection of four-line stanzas, Khayyam meditates on fate and the fleeting nature of life. He means that you can’t take back something that you did. Not his piety or tears or wit can change what he has …show more content…
In addition, Muslim artists perfected skills in calligraphy. They worked the flowing Arabic script, especially verses from the Quran, into decorations on buildings.
Literature: reflected the diverse traditions of the various peoples who lived under Muslim rule. Oral poetry talked about the joys of battle, desert journeys, or the glories of their clans. Their most important themes—chivalry and the romance of nomadic life—recurred in Arab poetry throughout the centuries. Later Arab poets developed elaborate formal rules for writing poetry and explored both religious and worldly themes.
Astronomy: They studied eclipses, observed Earth’s rotation, and calculated the circumference of Earth to within a few thousand feet. When overland trade along the Silk Road became disrupted in the 1400s, new navigation tools paved the way for seafaring explorers like Christopher Columbus. They developed the quadrant, astronomical table, and astrolabe.
Architecture: Domed mosques and high minarets dominated Muslim cities. Centers of Learning were also established, such as libraries, where scholars made advances in philosophy, math, medicine, and other