Trinity Yr 6 History Su1: The Golden Age of Islam

Who were the Caliphs?

• a Religious leader (considered to be a successor of Muhammed)?

• related to Hawqual?

• Another name for Al-Jazari?

• Welsh priests?

What does 'contemporaneous' mean?

• similar

• exactly the same

• existing at or occurring in the same period of time

• a simiar event that happened in a different period of time

What is the modern city that was founded as 'The City of Peace' in AD 762?

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What was the population of Baghdad in 900AD believed to be?

• 1,000

• 10,000

• 100,000

• 1,000,000

Why was Baghdad known as 'the cross roads of the universe' in AD 866?

• It was the centre of important trade routes between the west and east

• It was in the middle of the known world

• It was in the centre of Europe

• It was in the middle of Europe and Africa

Which is NOT an important building in Baghdad?

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What was the House of Wisdom used for?

• Learning and Discovery

• PE

• Languages

• Building

Name TWO famous people who lived in Baghdad during the 13th century

• Hawqal - the cartographer and explorer

• Asterix the Gaul

• Al-Jazari - the engineer and inventor

• Mo Salah the footballer

Why was most of Africa unknown to the people of Asia and Europe at this time?

• The Sahara Desert could not be crossed

• There was thought to be nothing there

• The people were considered too war-like

• It had not been discovered yet