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Pakistan Excel English School Subject: Geo Grade: VII Notes-Chap: The Abbasids and The Islamic Civilizations

The Abbasids Caliphate from 750 to 1258 AD is considered the Golden Age of Islam. During this time, the capital of the Abbasid Empire was Baghdad, which grew to become one of the largest and richest cities in the world known for its public buildings, libraries, and centers of learning. The Abbasid Caliphs invited scholars, scientists, doctors, and artists to the empire, promoting advances in fields like mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and architecture. However, in 1258 Baghdad was destroyed by the Mongols, bringing an end to the Golden Age of the Abbasids.

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Pakistan Excel English School Subject: Geo Grade: VII Notes-Chap: The Abbasids and The Islamic Civilizations

The Abbasids Caliphate from 750 to 1258 AD is considered the Golden Age of Islam. During this time, the capital of the Abbasid Empire was Baghdad, which grew to become one of the largest and richest cities in the world known for its public buildings, libraries, and centers of learning. The Abbasid Caliphs invited scholars, scientists, doctors, and artists to the empire, promoting advances in fields like mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and architecture. However, in 1258 Baghdad was destroyed by the Mongols, bringing an end to the Golden Age of the Abbasids.

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Pakistan Excel English School Subject: Geo Grade: VII

Notes- Chap: The Abbasids and the Islamic Civilizations

Q1- Which time period was called The Golden Age for Muslims?
Ans- Abbasids Caliphate was called the golden age for Muslims.
Q2- Which city was the capital city of Abbasids Caliphate?
Ans- Baghdad
Q3- When did Baghdad founded?
Ans- In 762
Q4- What type of the city was Baghdad?
Ans- Baghdad was one of the largest and the richest city in the world.
Q5- what the Abbasid Caliphs did for Baghdad and Muslims?
Ans- To their capital, the Abbasids caliphs invited some of the most gifted
thinkers, writers, scientists, doctors, mathematicians, and artist from all
over the Muslim empire.
Q6- What was the common language of Abbasids?
Ans- Arabic
Q7- Which cities amazed the visitors?
Ans- Cities like Baghdad, Cordoba, Cairo, and Samarkand amazed visitors
by their size and by their public buildings such as mosques, palaces,
universities and hospitals.
Q8- How were these cities?
Ans- These cities were having wonderful store of literature, poetry and
stories, like the Arabian nights, but the most important books were
scientific and mathematical ones.
Q9- Who was Al-Biruni?
Ans- Abu Rehan Al-Biruni was a remarkable and versatile scholar,
astronomer and traveler.
Q10- Name the most famous book of Al-Biruni.
Ans- Tarikh-al-Hind
Q11- What is Astronomy?
Ans- Astronomy is a branch of science which studies about planets,
moons, stars, and galaxies.
Q12- Who were the famous Muslim astronomers?
Ans- 1- Al- Khwarizmi
2- Thabit Ibn Qurra
3- Al- Battani
4- Al-Biruni
Q13- How did Abbasids mathematicians improved their mathematical
ideas?
Q14- Abbasid experts learnt from and improved Indian Ideas about zero.
They took the System of numbers 0-9 from India and spread into Europe
and then across the world.
Q14- Who invented Algebra?
Ans- Al-Khwarizmi
Q15- Name the important Muslim Mathematicians.
Ans- 1- Omar Al-Khayyam
2- Sharaf Al-Tusi
3- Ibn al- Haytham
4- Al-Khwarizmi
Q16- What is Optics?
Ans- The scientific study of sight and the behavior of light is called optics.
Q17- Who did the outstanding work in optics?
Ans- 1- Ibn al Haytham
2- Kamal Al-Farisi
Q18- Who was a leading Muslim medical scholar?
Ans- Al-Razi
Q19- Why Al-Razi became famous?
Ans- He became famous for his accurate observation of diseases,
particularly small pox and measles.
Q20- Name the book of Al-Razi.
Ans- Canon of Medicine
Q21- What is Arabsque?
Ans- Arabsque is the name given to the intricate patterns made up of
intertwined lines.
Q22- What is calligraphy?
Ans- A brilliant form of writing was known as calligraphy.
Q23- What did the Abbasids architects design?
Ans- They produced great buildings like the Dom of the Rock, the Great
Mosque of Cordoba and the wonderful buildings of Granada.
Q24- Who destroyed Baghdad?
Ans- In 1258 Mongols destroyed the Baghdad.
Q25- Abbasids Caliphate lasted for how many years?
Ans- It lasted nearly 100 years.

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