Early Islamic civilisation: how did Baghdad become the 'City of Peace'?
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on knowledge about the significance of the River Tigris that they developed in the year 3 unit about Sumer and the area of Mesopotamia. It also enriches pupils' understanding of the idea of tribes that they encountered in earlier units such as the year 3 unit on Bronze and Iron Age Britain. This unit prepares pupils for the following unit about Baghdad's connections to the wider world. This unit provides the knowledge of Islam's rise and the growth of Baghdad that pupils need in order to contextualise Baghdad's position as a centre of trade, learning and knowledge.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils need to know that different societies and cultures have developed throughout human history around the world.
- Pupils need to know that as societies develop and disappear from history, they leave a legacy behind them that impacts future generations.
- Pupils need to understand that different cultures and societies have different beliefs and cultures that are equally valid.
- Pupils need to know that the Roman Empire was divided in 395 CE, creating the Byzantine Empire in the east.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on knowledge about the significance of the River Tigris that they developed in the year 3 unit about Sumer and the area of Mesopotamia. It also enriches pupils' understanding of the idea of tribes that they encountered in earlier units such as the year 3 unit on Bronze and Iron Age Britain. This unit prepares pupils for the following unit about Baghdad's connections to the wider world. This unit provides the knowledge of Islam's rise and the growth of Baghdad that pupils need in order to contextualise Baghdad's position as a centre of trade, learning and knowledge.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils need to know that different societies and cultures have developed throughout human history around the world.
- Pupils need to know that as societies develop and disappear from history, they leave a legacy behind them that impacts future generations.
- Pupils need to understand that different cultures and societies have different beliefs and cultures that are equally valid.
- Pupils need to know that the Roman Empire was divided in 395 CE, creating the Byzantine Empire in the east.
Early Islamic civilisation: how did Baghdad become the 'City of Peace'?
In this unit, pupils develop broad knowledge of Islam's rise. They study Muhammad's role and the early caliphates before focusing on the creation of Baghdad as a new capital for the Islamic Umayyad Caliphate. The unit focuses on the second-order concept of causation.
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