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Teaching DBQ: The Golden Age of Islam

DBQ: The Golden Age of Islam

Citations: Document 1: “Medieval Sourcebook: Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masu'di (Masoudi) (ca. 895?-957 CE) The Book of Golden Meadows, c. 940 CE.” Fordham University Internet History Sourcebooks. <https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/masoudi.asp#The%20Caliph%20Haroun%20Al%20Rashid>. Document 2: "File:Maqamat hariri.jpg." Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. <https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Maqamat_hariri.jpg&oldid=544321758>. Document 3: "Preparing Medicine from Honey," from a Dispersed Manuscript of an Arabic Translation of De Materia Medica of Dioscorides. Metropolitan Museum of Art. <https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/451400>. Document 4:

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How did the Abbasid Caliphate foster the Golden Age of Islam?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

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