ISLAMIC EMPIRE

1. Prophet of Allah (“the God”)
2. Upset with the way people lived
3. Angel Gabriel visited him = revelation (vision)
4. Saw life as a preparation for the Day of Judgment

Annotations:

• If you want to join a group, a club or a community, you may have to make a promise or statement to show that you share and agree with their rules, practices or beliefs.

1. is a declaration of faith

1. Both political and religious authority

1. Acted as advisors and eventually took charge of the government.

1. governors of the empire´s provinces

1. Judges who dealt with both civil and religious matters

1. Treasures, who collected taxes

1. Al-Khwarazmi discovered zero.
2. Al-Fazari invented the astrolabe for navigation
3. Astronomy. .
   1. Over a hundred stars in the sky have Arabic names
4. first university in the world was in Egypt in AD970

1. hospitals with isolation units for contagious illnesses.
2. rules about hygiene
3. Doctors had to pass an examination
4. blood circulated round the body
5. There were female doctors and nurses.

1. 622-750

1. 750-1250

1. 1250-1400