Trade/Cultural Exchange
What is the main route to get to Baghdad?
The maritime route
What form of government did Baghdad have?
Theocracy
What was the city considered to be?
The richest city in the world.
When was Baghdad founded?
762 CE
What two cities is Baghdad between?
Basrah and Mosul
Who leads in Theocracy?
Religious Leader (Caliphs)
What was the Mosque in the Abbasid Empire made of?
Bricks
Where would modern-day Baghdad be?
Iraq
What are the main nationalities of people traveling to trade in Baghdad?
Chinese and Arab people
Knowledge, new ideas, and the trading of the silk road.
What were the main two art forms seen in Baghdad in the Abbasid Empire?
Repetition, geometric abstract shapes and forms, metal work, and pottery
Why was Baghdad a good Capital?
The was in the fertile crescent.
What were the main places Baghdad exported to?
China, India, Daylam and Anatolia
Who's death resulted in the shifted form of Government?
Who is the Prophet Muhammed.
What was the estimated total population?
Around 2 million people
What is the fertile crescent?
An important area in the Middle East with a bustling marketplace and cosmopolitan qualities.
What was Baghdad's main export?
Ceramics, paper, and textiles
Who was the founder and caliph of Baghdad?
Al Mansur, the second caliph.
Why was Baghdad so influential in terms of art and architecture?
It functioned as the capital of the Islamic world.
Who conquered Baghdad and when?
The grandson of Genghis Khan in 1258 CE