Table of Contents
- 1 How did Muslims expand and adapt bookmaking?
- 2 What skill learned from Chinese artisans helped increase learning in the Islamic empire?
- 3 What are examples of famous Islamic literature?
- 4 How did trade help spread and connect ideas from different cultures?
- 5 Who did the Islamic empire borrow ideas from?
- 6 How did conducting trade by both caravans and ships influence Islamic society?
How did Muslims expand and adapt bookmaking?
What is a way Muslims adapted and expanded bookmaking? They had started making written copies. List an example of a famous Muslim literature.
What skill learned from Chinese artisans helped increase learning in the Islamic empire?
During the rule of the Abbasids, Chinese soldiers captured during a battle in central Asia were discovered to be artisans skilled in paper making. These Chinese prisoners taught their captors how to make paper, and this new skill spread throughout the empire.
What are examples of famous Islamic literature?
The best known fiction from the Islamic world is The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights), a compilation of many earlier folk tales set in a frame story of being told serially by the Persian Queen Scheherazade.
How did Muslims contribute to bookmaking?
Vast sums of money went into the bookmaking process, and bookmaking was supported by wealthy individuals in Islamic society, including kings and noblemen. Bookmaking was a lengthy, step-by-step process that employed illustrators, scholars, craftsmen, calligraphers, paper and leather suppliers, and librarians.
How did trade help to spread and connect ideas from different cultures?
Trade spreads ideas and culture because it involves people moving from place to place around the world as they trade. As they move, they (and the people they meet) come into contact with new ideas and cultural practices.
How did trade help spread and connect ideas from different cultures?
Who did the Islamic empire borrow ideas from?
As a result, Islamic philosophy was influenced by the writings of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. The great Muslim philosophers such as Ibn Khaldun (d. 1406), Ibn Sina (Avicenna, d. 1037), Ibn Rushd (Averroes, d.
How did conducting trade by both caravans and ships influence Islamic society?
Why would conducting trade by both caravans and ships be lucrative for the Arab Empire? Trade by land and sea is prosperous because you can trade inland with the caravans while still opting to trade far-away with a shorter journey by sea.