Quaestio: How did Muslims balance science and religion during the Muslim Golden Age?

Nunc Agenda: Open your textbook to page 321, read everything and answer the question on the screen...

Page 321What evidence of “cultural diffusion” can you find in these examples?

Golden Age of Islam: Key Points

Advances in many fields: science, medicine, math, astronomy, literature, art, architecture, philosophy, etc

Muslim scholars translated texts from Greek, Sanskrit, and Persian into Arabic

At same time, Europe in the “Dark Ages”

Preserved Greco-Roman knowledge for Europe

Little or no conflict between religion and science

Jewish and Christian involvement

High social mobility (ability to move up and down in society

Golden Age of IslamHouse of Wisdom- a library, translation institute and research center established in Abbasid-era Baghdad

MathematicsAl Khwarizmi

pioneer in the study of Algebra (Al-Jabr: “The Substitution”)

His math textbook became standard in Europe

“Algorithm” named after him

Hindu-Arabic numerals- Our numbers based on Arabic numbers, which the Arabs borrowed from India

1. According to Al-Ghazali, should math and religion be separate?

2. What does the reading tell you about Islamic values?

PENSARe-read Chapter 10 Section 3, ONLY the sub-sections titled “Social and Economic Advances” and “Muslims Seek Knowledge” and answer the TWO (just two!) Checkpoint Questions in AT LEAST THREE SENTENCES EACH!