Section 10-3
The Golden Age of Muslim
Civilization
Mrs. Becknell
The GOLDEN AGE activity
• 1. Find a partner.
• 2. On p. 27 of your packet is a chart. When a slide is
revealed, on the left side of your chart, PREDICT the
Muslim contribution that the picture stands for.
• 2. After making predictions for slides A- O, examine a
folder from the front of the room and read more about a
Muslim contribution.
• 3. Record the actual contribution in the right column of
your chart and on a white board & present the info to the
class.
• 4. Record the info for each slide as they’re presented
• How many did you and your partner get right?!?
Chapter 10 Lesson 3- The Golden
Age of Muslim Civilization
Chapter 10 Lesson 3- The Golden
Age of Muslim Civilization
Chapter 10 Lesson 3- The Golden
Age of Muslim Civilization
Chapter 10 Lesson 3- The Golden
Age of Muslim Civilization
Chapter 10 Lesson 3- The Golden
Age of Muslim Civilization
Chapter 10 Lesson 3- The Golden
Age of Muslim Civilization
Chapter 10 Lesson 3- The Golden
Age of Muslim Civilization
Chapter 10 Lesson 3- The Golden
Age of Muslim Civilization
Chapter 10 Lesson 3- The Golden
Age of Muslim Civilization
Chapter 10 Lesson 3- The Golden
Age of Muslim Civilization
Chapter 10 Lesson 3- The Golden
Age of Muslim Civilization
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Age of Muslim Civilization
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Age of Muslim Civilization
Chapter 10 Lesson 3- The Golden
Age of Muslim Civilization
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Age of Muslim Civilization
Chapter 10 Lesson 3- The Golden
Age of Muslim Civilization
10.3 Think about it!
• The Golden Age was a period of
achievements and inventions. Which two
accomplishments of the Muslim civilization
do you believe were most important and
why?
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1. Caliph
3. Name given to a
Muslim ruler- under
their rule the empire
grew rich from foreign
land and trade.
• A caliph was
considered
Muhammad’s
successor or the next
person in line to rule
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2. Omar Khayyam
1. He was a skilled Muslim
astronomer, one of the
most famous
mathematicians in the
world, and a great poet
from Persia (Iran today).
2. Under Omar Khayyam
(and Harun ar Rashid),
the Muslims
experienced a golden
age!
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Age of Muslim Civilization
2. Compare
Muslim rulers and
Byzantine rulers
2.
• Muslim rulers
tolerated other faiths
while Byzantine
rulers did not
• Non-Muslim citizens
had fewer rights than
Muslims
Omar Khayyam
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4. Harun ar-Rashid
4.
* Caliph of Baghdad in
786
*Ruled during
prosperous times
*Patron (supporter) of
the arts
*Paid skilled writers,
musicians, dancers,
and artists to live in
Baghdad
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5. Achievements of
the Golden Age
5.
*Created new works
*Studied history and ideas
from other cultures
*Made great advances in:
~math-algebra
~science- organized
pharmacies
~literature- poetry
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6. Sufis
6. Mystics who
believed that they
could draw closer
to God through
prayer, fasting,
and a simple life
Sufism is a third
sect (or branch) of
Islam
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7. What did the
Sufis teach?
7. The world will
reveal its mysteries
to careful observers
(and that people
could get closer to
God through
prayer, fasting, and
a simple life)
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Comparing Religions
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1. Islam, Judaism, and Christianity
2. Christianity
3. In a Mosque
4. Two (1054 – Roman Catholic & Orthodox Catholic+ 1500’sRoman Catholic & Protestant)
5. They are all MONOtheistic
6. It is eternal (Good afterlife= paradise Bad afterlife = hell)
7. Both had schisms, both revere prophets, both deny the
resurrection of Jesus, both believe that people can be good or
evil, both believe that you can get salvation (be saved) by doing
good deeds
8. Both had schisms, both expanded in a short period of time,
both revere prophets, both believe that Jesus was born to a
virgin, both affirm the second coming of Jesus, both believe that
their sacred texts were inspired, both believe that you can get
salvation by doing good deeds, both believe in a paradise-like
heaven and a hell
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Women in Islam
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Preview questions
Read article
Respond to questions
Read poem
Respond to questions
DISCUSS responses
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Women in Islam
• 1. inheritance, ownership, accept/reject marriage, divorce,
keep her own name, vote, participate in public affairs,
education, career
• 2. Men carry marry other religions, get a bigger inheritance,
can have up to 4 wives, their court testimony is more
important, and can get a divorce easier. Also, wives must
obey them & they can seek out corporal punishment if
wanted
• 3. They are protected against men and guaranteed equal
financial support when a man marries more women
• 4. Vary
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Review Day!
• 1. Go over Muslim women questions
• 2. Define terms and answer questions in
Study Guide
• 3. With a partner, play Tic-Tac-Toe!
Answer three in a row correctly to win
• Questions???
• Study group today during Resource pd! 
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