HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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Which was the primary cultural contribution of the Muslims during the Abbasid Period?
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The Muslims were able to recover and preserve the works of the ancient philosophers and mathmaticians and to transmit this knowledge from one civilization to another.
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The Muslims became extraordinarily adept to portraits, focusing on depictions of Muhammad and the early Caliphs.
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Although the material culture of the Abbasid period remained poor, Muslims were able to make some advances in music.
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Islamic learning was necessarily unique, as there was no access to ancient traditions of philosophy and science.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Abbasid caliphs established the city of Baghdad in 762 CE. It became a center of learning and the hub of what is known as the Golden Age of Islam.
Detailed explanation-2: -Muslims made major advancements in astronomy, zoology, geography, arithmetic, navigation, art, architecture, and technology. Had Muslim scholars not translated classic Greek texts, the European Renaissance would not have happened in the way that it did.
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