Abbasid Caliphate (7)

Example of a chapter study on Islam in Africa. Students were asked to outline notes then find images, movies, charts, or graphs that would reflect ideas from the chapter. Captions were graded for content & grammar.
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FRONTLINE/WORLD . Iraq - Saddam's Road to Hell
Fiilm: Saddam's Road to Hell
FRONTLINE/WORLD . Iraq - Saddam's Road to Hell
The Crimes of Saddam Hussein - 1988 The Anfal Campaign
What did the Islamic World contribute to medicine?
What did the Islamic World contribute to medicine?
Hindu–Arabic numeral system - Wikipedia
Various symbol sets are used to represent numbers in the Hindu-Arabic numeral, all of which evolved from Indian numerals.
Al-Khwarizmi - Wikipedia
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī - Algorism is the technique of performing basic arithmetic by writing numbers in place value form and applying it a set of memorized rules and facts to the digits. The world "Algorism," comes from the name Al-Khwarizmi.
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The word algebra comes from the Arabic language and much of its methods from Arabic/Islamic mathematics. Earlier Greek traditions had a direct influence on Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi who later wrote a book establishing algebra as a mathematical discipline that is independent of geometry and arithmetic.
The Art of the Abbasid Period (750–1258) | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The Art of the Abbasid Period (750–1258) | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
September 23, 2002 | Saddam Hussein: The next Saladin?
Saddam Hussein: The next Saladin?
The Great Seljuk Empire
The Great Seljuk Empire - Staunch Sunnis, the Seljuks moved to eliminate Shi'ite influence within the empire. The Seljuks temporarily reversed the momentum of territorial loss and managed to defeat the forces of the Byzantine Empire. Seljuk victories opened the way for conquest of Asia Minor.
During the Abbasid period, Muslim women were increasingly confined to the household and totally subjected to patriarchal authority. The Abbasid caliphs maintained harems, in which both wives and concubines were secluded in the imperial chambers. Female slaves were not secluded and may have had greater freedom than Muslim wives. Another custom calculated to preserve the purity of Muslim males was the veiling of free females. Elite women were cut off from any occupation other than running a house.
Reader Response: Keith Gilyard and Mourning Dove - Annenberg Learner
Read / The Thousand and One Nights / Invitation to World Literature - This website will introduce you to literature that, in a few ways, mirrors the lifestyle of Haroun al-Rashid. This website includes an introductory video, timelines, slideshows, maps, glossary, experts' views, the text itself, key points, and discussion questions to keep in mind.
The Shia-Sunni divide - Inside Story
Al Jazeera's Inside Story - The Shia-Sunni divide. The end of the Abbasid era was marked in part by growing tensions between Shia & Sunni Muslims. These divisions between the two presently exist in the Arab world. In this video, Al Jazeera examines this divide as it relates to political & social upheaval in the region today.