The Abbasid EmpireAwatif, Komal, Nick, Allison

•The Abbasids moved capital of Arab empire to Baghdad

•They had a huge Persian cultural in�uence, evident in social life

•The year 750 is when the abbasid caliphate came under the rule around Arabia and Northern Africa

•Abbasids caliphate were the 3rd islamic caliphate to come after Prophet Muhammad. This dynasty had come from Muhammad's youngest uncle.

Decline of the Abbasid Caliphate :•revolts in persia and north africa •persia setup their own kingdom •military fell apart •riots•caliphs became the problem•government starting to fall apart •authority of the caliph went away•tax farms to military commanders and governors

Economic ( change and continuity)•the abbasid caliphate was pretty well o� and has a lot of money due to the facts that they had a lot of trade with other countries allowing diversity and letting di�erent goods from everywhere causing a good amount of money into the caliphate

Trade ( change and continuity)-close contact with the three continents china, western europe, and from Russia to central africa -there was no tax for the outsiders so more people came and carried on with trade (craftsmen and merchants)-there were Bazaars in baghdad, with good from all over the worlds-Spices, minerals, and dyes = India-gems and fabrics = Central Ssia -honey and wax =Scandinavia & Russia -Ivory and gold dust =Africa -Silks, musk's, porcelain =china -muslim textiles turned out very well (cotton and silk) -Damascus/ Toledo = steel -Cordova= leather-Syria= glass-Learned paper making from the chinese -Large crops of fruits and grains = Iran-Olives=North Africa -wine= Spain-Wood= Asia-horses= Persia-cotton = Nile valley

– Technology •camel caravans • Dhows• compass • Astronomy•Arabic alphabet/ numerals•astrolabe navigation•improving water distribution•advances in medicine•agriculture and livestock breeding• paper

•Culture ( change and continuity)-followed religion of Islam -The culture distinguishing factor from the Umayyads and the Abbasids was that the -Abbasids followed more persian cultures-Sunni orthodoxy-Women’s freedom and in�uence of women declined. society was very highly patriarchal. -Women became veiled and there was a large demand for concubines and female slaves.

Architecture Dome of the Rock: Muhammad descended to heaven from here (muslims). The place where abraham was asked to sacri�ce his son (Jews). The place where Jesus was walking (christians).Almasjid an Nabawi or The sacred mosque: this is where the holy Kaaba is.

- Education • Everyone in the abbasid caliphate were mainly educated due to the “house of Wisdom”founded by caliph Al Mamun during the golden age of the Abbasid caliphate •Baghdad (the capital) became the world's most important centuries for science, philosophy, medicine, and education•House of Wisdom= like a library for translators: it was almost like an early form of a university ideas from all over the world came here such as indian numerals, which helped in mathematics and scienti�c discover made contributions to geometry and astronom•Developed algebra

•Government- political ( change and continuity)-there was an islamic government (ruled by many

di�erent people-caliphs)-very well government structure

-Caliphs; political and religious leader-large bureaucracy -steady revenues

-taxes -governors

The Abbasids

-Paper making-both in�uencedby some religion-good economy and trade structure

The Song Dynasty

•heavily in�uenced by new confucianism •Neo Confucianism:Fear outsiders ( don't like foreigners )patriarchal ( restricted women's rights) looking backwards ( looking into the past)•they don't like buddhism ( did not completely get rid of it) •champa rice •engines were built to pump water to the terrace farming for the rice and due to thatpopulation of south china triples•population growth = industrial growth •Industrial revolutionmassive machinery to replace labor •tang- song accomplishments-movable type printing press -increases education -makes printing faster -papermoney -�ying money -translucent porcelain -gunpowder

•heavily in�uenced by Persian•They made many technology like dhows,paper,acompass,camel caravans.•they were economically very strong•followed religion of Islam•very high on the education basis•for trade they had close contact with China,Western world, and from Russia--> Central •conquered many di�erent areas plus they took over from the umayyad who already had land•they increased trade among many di�erent countries all around the world allowing them to expand more as they traded