Muslim Ways of Life

Chapter 2-3

Trade

• Successful Trade• Arabic Language• Coins• Detailed records• Banks• Respected for

wealth that was brought in

Every Day Life

• Muslim Cities- Mosques- place of worship- also schools- courts

• Bazaar- Market place• Most Muslims lived in villages and were

farmers

Muslim Society

• Top- Government Leaders, landowners, traders

• Middle- Farmers, Artisans, workers

• Bottom- Slaves

Muslim Achievements

• Math and Science

• Muslim Writing

• Art and Buildings

Major Contribution

• Scholars in Muslim Lands saved much of the learning of the ancient world. Roman and Greek thinkers were remembered- The Western World lost this knowledge- it was the Muslims who recaptured it and preserved it.

Revise Your Notes

• What is a crier?• What is a Mosque?• Who was Ibn Khaldun?• Who was al-Razi?• Who was Mamum?

Answers

• What is a crier?• A caller to prayer- sets up in Minaret

• What is a Mosque?• Houses of worship- used as schools and courts

• Who was Ibn Khaldun?• Wrote the universal history, historian

• Who was al-Razi?• Famous chemist- categorized animals, plants, and minerals

• Who was Mamum?• Founded the house of wisdom, with Jewish, Christian, and

Muslim Scholars