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THE ABBASID DYNASTY
THE ABBASID DYNASTY
• PEOPLE RESENTED THE UMAYYAD CORRUPTION
• IN 750 ABU AL-ABBAS OVERTHREW THE UMAYYAD DYNASTY & FOUNDED THE ABBASID DYNASTY
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THE ABBASID DYNASTY
• A NEW CAPITAL IS BUILT AT BAGHDAD ON THE TIGRIS RIVER.
• THIS GAVE THEM THE ADVANTAGE OF RIVER & CARAVAN ROUTES
• ALSO EXPOSED THEM TO PERSIA INFLUENCE
NEW
CAPTIAL
THE ABBASID DYNASTY
• THE ABBASID DYNASTY IS CONSIDERED THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE ISLAMIC EMPIRE
Golden Age
THE ABBASID DYNASTY
• CONVERTS EXPERIENCED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT
New
Coverts
THE ABBASID DYNASTY
• TRADE EXPANDED WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN TO CHINA
•PRESERVED WORKS OF GREEKS, ROMANS & PERSIANS (ARISTOTLE)•CARRIED INDIAN SYSTEM OF NUMBERS INCLUDING ZERO AS PLACE HOLDER TO WESTERN EUROPE
Achievements
THE ABBASID DYNASTY
• REFINED ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY & TRIGONOMETRY
•IMPROVED ASTROLABE (MEASURE POSITION OF STARS)
•STUDIED HUMAN ANATOMY/DEVELOPED OPTIC SURGERY
Achievements
THE ABBASID DYNASTY
• PRODUCED SOME OF THE MOST DETAILED MAPS
•CREATE A NUMBER OF URBAN CENTERS: CAIRO, BAGHDAD & CORDOBA
•ARTS, CALLIGRAPHY & DESIGNS CALLED ARABESQUES ADORNED WRITING & POTTERY
Achievements
THE ABBASID DYNASTY
• NEW ARCHITECTURAL STYLES AROSE: MINARETS & MOSQUES
•GREAT LITERATURE: THE ARABIAN NIGHTS • MYSTICS CALLED SUFIS, FOCUSED ON EMOTIONAL UNION WITH ALLAH STARTED MISSIONARY WORK TO SPREAD RELIGION
Achievements
THE ABBASID DYNASTY
• VAST EMPIRE BECOMES DIFFICULT TO GOVERN
•HIGH TAXES MAKE LEADERS INCREASINGLY UNPOPULAR
Decline of Abbasids
THE ABBASID DYNASTY
• INDEPENDENT KINGDOMS ARISE WITHIN THE EMPIRE: PERSIA (THE LEADER THERE WAS CALLED A SULTAN),•THE SELJUK TURKS IN CENTRAL ASIA WERE CONVERTED TO ISLAM AND CONTROLLED BAGHDAD BY 10TH CENTURY
Decline of Abbasids
THE ABBASID DYNASTY
• INDEPENDENT KINGDOMS ARISE WITHIN THE EMPIRE: PERSIA (THE LEADER THERE WAS CALLED A SULTAN)
•THE SELJUK TURKS IN CENTRAL ASIA WERE CONVERTED TO ISLAM AND CONTROLLED BAGHDAD BY 10TH CENTURY
Decline of Abbasids
THE ABBASID DYNASTY
• BY THE 13TH THE ABBASID DYNASTY ENDED WHEN MONGOL INVADERS EXECUTED THE ABBASID CALIPH
Decline of Abbasids