Baghdad

Baghdad

• Cultural capital of the world

• Learning capital of the world

• First universities were built here

• First hospitals were built here

• Swimming capital of the world

What was set up so that people could trade and encourage more people to settle close to the city?

• Banking system

• Ranking system

• Dunking system

How many people lived in Baghdad?

• Over 1 million

• Over one hundred thousand

• Over 2 million

It was the center of learning and knowledge in Baghdad. Many scholars travelled there.

• House of wisdom

• House of scholars

• House of presidents

In AD 637, Islam spread to

• Persia

• Palestine

• Syria

• Lebanon

• Egypt

He refined the science of surgery and invented many surgical instruments.

• Al-Zahrawi

• Al-Abubakar

• Al-Ulakbar

InAD 1325 ____ ______ leaves Tangier on his 29 year journey.

• Ibn Battuta

• Bata Battuta

• Ibon Bata

For around a thousand years (around AD 700), a vast Islamic civilisation spread from Baghdad, through _____ ______ and into ____.

• North Africa

• Spain

• North America

• Northern Europe

Northern Europe was involved in many wars across its Christian kingdoms in AD 700.

• True

• False

In AD 700, the countries of the Islamic Empire were in general peaceful and had a huge emphasis on scientific and mathematical knowledge.

• True

• False