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Cranston High School West Library: Baranowski - Muslim World

Topics

1. Rise of Islam

  • Muhammad
  • The Hijra
  • Five Pillars
  • Women
2. Islam Spreads
  • 1st Caliph Abu Bakr
  • Spain, France, Europe - Movements within Islam
  • Sunni & Shiites
  • Empire - Umayyads, Abbassid
  • Baghdad
  • Decline of Caliphate - Seljuks, Crusaders, Mongols

3. Golden Age of Muslim Civilization

  • Social Classes - social mobility
  • 830 House of Wisdom in Baghdad
  • 750-1350 International Trade Network - Manufacturing & Agriculture
  • Art & Lierature - arabesque, calligraphy
  • Architecture, Poetry
  • Rabiah al Adawiyya, Firdawsi, Khayyam "The Rubaiyat"
  • Tales "Thousand and One Nights"
  • Centers for Learning
  • Islamic Law
  • Philosophy, Math, Astronomy, Medicine

4. Muslims in India

  • 1001 Mahmud into India
  • 550 Gupta empire fell
  • Sultonate
  • Castes - social groups
  • Effects of Muslim Rule
  • Hindu-Muslim Differences
  • Interaction
  • Cultural Blending
  • Mughal India - Babur, Akbar the Great, Jahangir

5. Ottomon & Safavid Empires

  • 1300 -> Asia Minor
  • Fall of Constantinople
  • Suleiman 1520-1566
  • Ottoman Culture
  • Social Organization
  • Millets
  • Janizaries
  • Literature & Art
  • Artchitect Sinan
  • Safavid Empire 1500s in Persia (Iran)
  • Abbas the Great
  • Capital Isfahan
  • Decline

Print Resources (Books)

To view the list of books and their descriptions available in the West library for your assignment, click the pdf file link below.
 
In addition to the list below, there is the World Book Encyclopedia in the 000 Reference section and numerous Medieval and Middle Ages sets in the 940 Reference section. 

E-Books

To access these e-books use the log in cran_log.

Encyclopedia of India

Middle Ages Reference Library 

World Eras