AP World Modern - House of Wisdom Quiz

Dar al-Islam contributions to interregional contacts between states and empires

- Transfer of numbering systems to Europe

Effects of intellectual innovation in Dar al-Islam

- House of Wisdom in Abbasid Baghdad

- Scholarly and cultural transfers in Muslim and Christian Spain

Intellectual and cultural effects of travelers across networks of exchange in Afro-Eurasia

- Ibn Battuta

Causes of the fragmentation of the Abbasid Caliphate

- Foreign invasion and internal fragmentation

- Control shifted to Turkic peoples who extended the "golden age"

Belief systems and practices of Hinduism that affected society

- Bhakti movement, or devotion to a god or goddess, became popular and essentially replaced Buddhism

Belief systems and practices of Buddhism that affected society

- More accessible branches, similar to Hinduism, brought in ordinary and poor believers outside of monasteries

Judaism and its practices that affected society

- Revolutionary monotheistic religious approach for area and time period

Core beliefs and practices of Christianity that affected society

- Jesus went against Roman and Jewish authorities and practices

- Adopted as state religion as of Constantine's conversion after era of Christian persecution

Islam and its practices that affected society before c. 1200

- Muhammad's revelations denounced societal practices mostly based in greed and abuse

- Concept of umma, or Islamic community, opposed tribal nature of Arabic culture

How Islam spread

- Monotheistic ideas became known among peoples who lived in Arabia

- Cities such as Mecca were linked to trading routes

How Muslim rule expanded

- Muhammad established a unified Arabia under Islam as a new state

- Religion was adopted by cultures associated with the Islamic empire

Causes and effects of the rise of Islamic states dominated by Turkic peoples

- Descendants of mixed Turk and Mongol backgrounds continued to dominate Eurasia

- Doubled the international Muslim population as well as extended the "golden age"

How the expansion of the Mali empire influenced trade and communication

- Facilitated Afro-Eurasian trade and communication

- New people were drawn into the economies and trade networks

How Christianity, Islam, and Judaism affected society in the period from c. 1200 to c. 1450.

- Educational and cosmopolitan centers like House of Wisdom

- Technological advances in agriculture, architecture, and trade networks

Causes and effects of the growth of trans-Saharan trade

- Economical incentive provided by environment and population

- Camels and caravans became methods of transportation with Arab merchants