AP World History: Modern / Unit 1: The Global Tapestry (c. 1200–1450)
1.2 Developments in Dar al-Islam from c. 1200 to c. 1450
Notes
The Abbasid Caliphate declined; new Islamic states (Seljuks, Mamluks, Delhi Sultanate) rose. Muslim scholars advanced math, medicine and science and preserved Greek texts (the House of Wisdom in Baghdad). The Mongols sacked Baghdad in 1258.
Practice
The House of Wisdom in Baghdad was a center for:
Scholarship.
The Abbasid Caliphate ended when:
Mongol conquest.
Which state ruled Egypt after the Abbasids weakened?
Slave-soldier rulers.
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