HISTORY OF MIDDLE EAST CIVILIZATION I
Study Guide and Question for Topic 8;
Muslim Civilization in the Middle East
Intellectual Achievements and Social Patterns

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Identification Items
Identify and be able to discuss the importance of the following items:
Basran al-Kindi, Ibn Sina (d. 1037), Avicenna, Ibn Rushd (d. 1198), Averroes,  ibn-Bukhtishu, al-Razi, al-Qanun, Ibn Sina, Abu al-Qasim, Ibn al-Khatib, Ibn Khatima, Muhammad al-Khwarazmi (d.. 850), Al-Battani (d. 929), Nasir al-din- al-Tusi (d.1274), al-Biruni, al-Masudi, al-Masudi, ibn Battutah, al-Idris, Firdawsi, Umar Khayyam, Jalal al-Din Rumi, Sadi,  Book of Songs, Abu al-Faraj al-isfahani (d. 967), Ibn Ishaq (d. 767), al Tabari (838-923),

Topics for Study

1.  Discuss the social, political, economic and religious conditions of the Islamic states during the period 850 through 1100 CE that made the intellectual achievements so impressive.

Reading Assignment

Ochsenwald and Fisher, Chapter 9-10

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