1. The Birthplace of Islam is Mecca 2. The pilgrimage represents this Unity and equality 3. As a result of the Islamic pilgrimage these two things were spread throughout the Islamic world: a. Trade b. Ideas 4. This made Baghdad the jewel of the world: scholars 5. Describe the House of Wisdom. It was a centre of scholarship, public libraries, and philosophy. Scholars traded ideas and many treads of human knowledge came together 6. This was first created in Baghdad as a way to quarantine and treat sick people: Hospitals 7. This city in the Islamic world rivalled Baghdad as a centre of learning: Córdoba 8. Who was Al-­‐Hakim? An Egyptian Caliph who ruled Jerusalem 9. What did Al-­‐Hakim do that put Christian Europe and the Islamic Middle-­‐East on a collision course in 1009? He destroyed the church of the Holy sepulchre, holiest church in Christendom 10. Describe how Christians viewed Muslims. Saw them as intolerant, mad heretics who couldn’t be expected to be civilized 11. Explain what is meant when it was said that Al-­‐Hakim was the one exception that proved the rule for Christians. Before and after him there had been a culture of tolerance 12. Why was it the perfect moment in history for the Crusaders to head to the Holy Land? The Muslim world was in a fragmented state, the great leaders had died and there was a power vacuum as various Muslim leaders struggled for power 13. What happened in July 15, 1099? Crusaders entered Jerusalem and massacred the population 14. What did the Crusaders do to secure their position in the Holy Land? Built castles 15. The economic backbone of the Islamic world was textiles and the most popular were cashmere, cotton, and silk. 16. What Muslim leader rallied his people to fight the Crusaders? Saladin 17. Why was Saladin so revered in Europe? When he retook Jerusalem he did not massacre the Christian population, allowing many to leave and others to stay and continue to be Christian 18. What did the Crusaders bring back to Europe from the Middle-­‐East? A taste for spices such as pepper and cinnamon. Brought back soap, more open to ideas outside of Europe, begun to learn languages 19. What event brought an end to the golden age of Islamic world and was far more devastating than the Crusaders? The Mongol catastrophe 20. What did the Mongols do in Baghdad? Put it to the torch and killed 10,000 people, mosques and libraries were set on fire 21. What happened to the Mongols after conquering Baghdad and the Islamic world? They converted to Islam and became great patrons of art and architecture and spread Islamic culture even further 22. What great empire would arise out of this new Mongol-­‐Islamic world? The Ottoman Turks