The Abbasid Caliphate

Social Studies
U. 1 Lesson 1
Grade: 7
 :Objectives
• Review the achievements and main events of
the Abbasid caliphate.
• Identify the reasons for the decline of the
caliphate.
• Analyze information by sequencing,
categorizing, and finding the main idea.
• Organize and interpret information.
• Use decision-making process.
Essential Question

Who is a caliph?
Who are the 5 caliphs in
Which caliphate
Islam? ruled
before the Abbasids?
Key Vocabulary
Golden Age caliphate
government sultanate
scholarship crusader
century Shadow
Caliphate
era
caliph
 Map of Abbasid
Caliphate
• This is a map of the ancient
empire of the Abbasid Caliphate
which lasted for more than 500
years.
,North Africa (Morocco
)Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt
.The whole Arabian Peninsula
Portugal Spain

Iberian
Peninsula
Tunisia Asia

Morocco
Algeria
Libya
Egypt
Arabian
Peninsula
North Africa
 Religion
The Economic System
The Political System

The Social System

FOUR MAIN ERAS
Golden Age of .1
Islam
Fatimids and .2
Buwayhids

Seljuk Turks .3
4. Ayyubid Sultanate
 Golden Age of .1
Islam
.Baghdad flourished

Al-Mansur
Al-Mahdi
Harun Al-Rashid Al-Ma’moun
The House of Wisdom: Baghdad's Intellectual
Powerhouse
Golden Age of .1
Islam
 Fatimids and .2
Buwayhids

Karakhanids Ghaznavids

Turkish Ghaznavids and Karakhanids rule Iraq

and western
Fatimids basedIran.
in Egypt.
Buwayhids
Fatimids ruleoccupy
parts ofBaghdad.
Syria and western Arabia.
 Seljuk Turks .3
Enemy: Bayzantine Empire

Seljuk occupy Anatolia.

Crusaders occupied Baghdad,
armies begin Syrian,
invading and
Islamic
Seljuks Palestine.
lands.defeat Bayzantine armies.
 4. Ayyubid Sultanate

Salahuddin

MemlukImaduddin,
Leaders: Sultanate inNuriddin,
Cairo.
Islamic armies led by Salahuddin fought
Salahuddin.
crusaders in the battle of Hittin
4. Ayyubid Sultanate
Decision-making
process
Speak your mind
off
 Memluk Sultanate
Mongols

Mongols sack Baghdad.

Mongols invade Caliphate.
Decline of Abbasid
Dynasty
How?
Mongols

Why?
Weak caliphs
When?
1258 AD
 Digital-based assessment

Islamic Empire - Abbasid Caliphate

https://www.ducksters.com/h
istory/islam/abbasid_calipha
te_questions.php
 Digital-based assessment

Golden Age of Islam

https://www.khanacademy.org/human
ities/world-history/medieval-
times/cross-cultural-diffusion-of-
knowledge/e/key-concepts--golden-
age-of-islam
 Digital-based assessment

The Abbasid Empire

https://quizlet.com/54926720/the-
abbasid-empire-flash-cards/
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2. Scholarships flourished.
3. Islamic studies developed.
4. Education developed.
5. Prosperous from trade.

6. Development in all fields of life.

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Ac. 1. 2 6. Africa
1. 8th 7. Arabian
2. Islamic
8. north
3. Umayyads
9. northeast
4. biggest
5. Iberian
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Ac. 1. 3 Spain
Portugal

Iberian Peninsula
Tunisia
Caption:
Morocco
Algeria
The Abbasid State
Libya in
Egypt the 8 th

century.
Arabian Peninsula
North Africa
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1. F

2. F

3. T
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Ac. 2. 1

d. Theth crusaders c. The Seljuk leader

b. Asurrender
10 century plate
to a. A diagram of the
Alp Arslan.
Salhuddin. eye
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Ac. 2. 2
750 AD – 847 AD
1. Powerful caliphs
2. Scholars visit famous libraries and schools.
3. Baghdad flourished. 4. Golden Age.
5. Leaders: Al-Mansur, Al-Mahdi, Harun Al-Rashid
Al-Ma’moun
6. Development of scholarships, arts, and sciences.
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Ac. 2. 2
848 AD – 946 AD
1. Fatimids rule parts of Syria and western Arabia.
2. Turkish Ghaznavids and Karakhanids rule Iraq
and western Iran.
3. Buwayhids occupy Baghdad.
4. Fatimids based in Egypt.

5. Big changes in the Islamic state.

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Ac. 2. 2
946 AD – 1075 AD
1. Seljuk occupy Anatolia.
2. Seljuk Turks occupy Baghdad, Syrian, and
Palestine.
3. Caliphs not as powerful.
4. Seljuk allow Caliphs to remain.
5. Crusaders armies begin invading Islamic lands.
6. Seljuks defeat Bayzantine armies.
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Ac. 2. 2 4. Seljuk Age.
1075 AD – 1258 AD 5. Mongols invade Caliphate.
1. Ayyubid Sultanate.
2. Franks invade Islamic lands.
3. Islamic armies fight crusaders.
6. Leaders: Imaduddin, Nuriddin, Salahuddin.
7. Memluk Sultanate in Cairo.
8. Mongols sack Baghdad.
9. Caliphate is broken into smaller states.