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

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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

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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