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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn about how Baghdad became such an important cultural centre in the Abbasid Caliphate.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What was made in China and sold in Europe?
Carpets
Gemstones
Correct answer: Silk
Spices
Q2.
Which city did al-Mansur found?
Correct answer: Baghdad
Constantinople
Damascus
Rome
Q3.
Why was this city in a good location?
It was easy to defend.
It was near Muhammad's birthplace.
It was near the borders with the Roman Empire.
Correct answer: It was on the Silk Road.
Q4.
What shape was the city built in?
Correct answer: A circle
A square
A triangle
An octagon
Q5.
What was in the centre of this new city?
A castle and a palace
A market and a palace
A mosque and a castle
Correct answer: A mosque and a palace

5 Questions

Q1.
Who did the caliphs bring to Baghdad to encourage learning?
Merchants
Priests
Correct answer: Scholars
Soldiers
Q2.
What was the name of the place in Baghdad where learning took place?
The House of Learning
Correct answer: The House of Wisdom
The School of Learning
The School of Wisdom
Q3.
What technology was brought from China?
How to dig canals
Correct answer: How to make books
How to make silk
How to ride camels
Q4.
Which advance was made by scholars in mathematics?
The idea of ten
Correct answer: The idea of zero
The use of tape measures
Q5.
What did the Muslims discover about the Sun?
Correct answer: That the Earth revolved around the Sun.
That the stars revolved around the Sun.
That the Sun revolved around the Earth.
That the Sun was a god.

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