Developments in Dar Al Islam from c. 1200 to c. 1450

1.2 Developments in Dar al_Islam from c. 1200 to c. 1450 PRE-1200 Notes ● Describe Islam’s spread between 600 and 1200 CE? Islam spread between 600 and 1200 CE was a success many people converted to Islam and even the Caliphates got their ideas from many places around. ● Describe one similarity between Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam stated by the author. One similarity between Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam is that they all emerged as a universalist and missionary religion. Believing in a God and worshiping them trying to get more people to convert into them. ● As Islam spread, explain how the early Caliphates treated the ideas and practices they encountered. The early Caliphates embraced the ideas they encountered they blend the ideas from different places they owe their success to their ability to blend ideas. Thematic Focus List themes covered here Claim Evidence to support the claim (from the text) ● The golden age of Islam lasted from 600CE to about 1200 CE and impacted much of Afro-Eurasia. Thematic Focus Cultural Developments and Interactions- CDI It impacted much of Afro-Eurasia because it brought important changes to agriculture. During the golden age they also built the house of wisdom in which they exchanged information about sciences. Notes Explain how systems of belief and their practices affected society in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450 - Focus on the following - The core beliefs and practices of Islam as it shaped societies in Africa and Asia. - Dar al Islam - Sunni - Shi’a What does Dar al Isam mean? (reading) Dar al-Isam means the house of Islam. Areas of the world where Muslims are the majority and rulers practice Islam. What are the core beliefs and practices of Islam? (Emergence of Islam Video) The core beliefs and practices of Islam are the 5 pillars which are Declaration of faith, Daily Prayer, fasting during Ramadan, Giving to the poor, and Pilgrimage to mecca. Thematic Focus Governance- GOV Notes Explain the causes and effects of the rise of Islamic states over time - Be able to use the following as evidence in your notes/responses. - Seljuk Empire - Mamluk sultanate of Egypt - Delhi sultanates ● Describe the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate. The decline of the Abbasid Caliphate was happening slowly after the gold age they lost control of their overlarge empire but even after the decline Dar al-Islam continued to expand. ● Describe the role the Mongols played in spreading Islam after 1250. The role the Mongols played in spreading Islam after 1250 was that they destroyed the caliphate and persecuted Islam, replacing it with Buddhism as the ofÏcial state religion. ● List evidence that supports the claim that the “golden age” of Islam extended to 1450. “Despite the fragmentation of the Abbasid political authority, Dar al-Islam as a cultural system continued to thrive and expand from 1200 to 1450 among diverse lands and peoples across Afro-Eurasia.” ● In what ways do the stories of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta demonstrate the growth of Islam during the period from 1200-1450, even after the fall of the Abbasid Caliphate? The growth of Islam was still happening Battuta met with lots of people when he was traveling, he was welcomed everywhere many people shared the same beliefs as him. ● Describe WHERE and HOW Islam spread through Afro-Eurasia. (HH Video and Emergence of Islam Video) Islam spread through Afro-Eurasia by trade and missionaries. Thematic Focus Notes Technology and Innovation Explain the effects of intellectual innovation in Dar al-Islam. - Be able to use the following as evidence in your notes/responses. - Advances in: - Mathematics - Literature - Medicine - Transfers: - Greek moral and natural philosophy - House of wisdom in Abbasid Bagdad - Scholarly and cultural transfers in Muslim and Christian Spain ● Describe 3 intellectual Economics, papermaking, and Culture were all intellectual innovations and transfers innovations of information that occurred in Dar al Islam. of information that occurred in Dar al Islam. (Reading and HH Video) ● Pick one of the above and explain its effect on Dar al Islam. Greek moral and natural philosophy had its effect on Dar al Islam because of how they translated medical texts, scientific texts, philosophical texts and how they expanded on them. ● Explain the significance of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad. (HH Video) The significance of the house of wisdom in Bagdad was that it was an academic center for learning research and translation.