Ms. Nicoll 7th Grade History 2017
 
Name: Asher Thomas 

Date: October 3, 2017  Grade: 7.1 

 

Grade 7. Unit 1. Lesson 5. 

Writing about Islamic Trade  
Prompt:​ ​Describe the growth of trade throughout 
the Islamic World during the Middle Ages. 
Directions:​ ​Use the time frame of 600 CE to 1200 CE. Answer all parts of each 
category. Write 3-4 fully developed sentences per box. Due at the end of class. 
Describe the growth  By 640 the Arabs controlled Mesopotamia, Armenia, and
of Islamic cities in  Byzantine Syria. By the end of 641 all of Egypt was in
Asia, Africa, and  Arab hands. During the Ottoman Empire Europe was
Europe. (​LINK​)  taken over.

Describe the  Muslim trade routes extended throughout much of

establishment of  Europe, Northern Africa, and Asia (including China and
trade routes in the  India). Major trade cities included Mecca, Medina,
Islamic World (Asia,  Constantinople, Baghdad, Morocco, Cairo, and Cordoba.
Africa, and Europe).  Islamic merchants sold sugar, salt, textiles, spices, slaves,
(​LINK​)  gold, and horses.

Describe at least three 

China supplied West Asia and the Mediterranean world
products that traveled 
with silk. Spices were obtained principally from South
along these routes 
like spices, crops, 
Asia. Arabs brought frankincense and myrrh by camel
textiles, etc. (​LINK​)  caravan from South Arabia.

Describe three new  Along the trade route they took silk, silk is a soft fabric
inventions that  that can be used to make blankets. They also moved
traveled along these  gunpowder, gunpowder is like sand but it's easily
routes like silk,  flammable, and they can make really big explosions.
gunpowder, paper,  Finally, they traded paper, paper can be used to clean up
etc. (​LINK​ or ​LINK​)  messes, you can write on it and you can draw on it.

Describe the role of  The large cities of the Islamic world needed food and raw
merchants in Arab  materials, while palaces, mosques, and aristocrats
  
 
 
Ms. Nicoll 7th Grade History 2017

society. (​LINK​)  required luxuries for the display of wealth and power.
That is why there are merchants. Merchants buy items
from one place, move to a diffrent and sell it, then buy
some stuff from that area and repeats.

Extra Activity​ (below)

There is a forest, that has trees with really light blue
Describe one Islamic art 
and brown trunks. There is a blue and yellow sky, a
piece from this era, 600 
CE to 1200 CE. (​LINK​) 
horse and a dog looking thing touching heads, and
thats all I can understand.

Show it’s picture in this

box to the right. ​⇨ 

Describe one famous  There is a square building with windows in the front,
Islamic architecture  domes on domes 3 times, it building is about 7 stories
building for this era, 600  tall, and there are 4 tall towers that look about twice
CE to 1200 CE. (​LINK​)  the size of the building.

Show it’s picture in this

box to the right. ​⇨