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social classes: slaves were different, but all Muslims were equal, financial means
slavery (Abbassids): were not Muslim, farming, artisans, slave-soldiers
muslim merchant status: praised as Muhammad was a merchant
Islam trade network: 750-1350, Asia, Africa, Europe
sakk/check: Muslim money transfers, modern checking is based off of it
manufactured goods: guilds built items, head of guild chooses aspects, glassware, furniture and tapestries
agricultural technology: irrigation systems, fountains, and pumps
idol worship: forbidden in Islam
arabesque: intricate designs of curved lines, abstract art works
calligraphy: art of beautiful handwriting, Arab font
Rabiah al-Adawiyya: woman poet, celebrated Sufi mysticism
Firdawsi: wrote Persian history using Arab script, Book of Kings
Omar Khayyam: wrote Rubaiyat, meditations on fate and fleeting nature of life
The 1001 Nights: collection of fictional tales, princesses, and magic items
Ibn Rushd: philosopher applied the test of reason to everything except the Quran
Ibn Khaldun: set standards to the scientific study of history
al-Khwarizmi: mathematician, Algebra is his development
Muhammad al-Razi: head physician at Baghdad’s chief hospital
Ibn Sina: wrote Canon on Medicine, already a doctor at 16, of Persian Nobility
