HIS208Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Halakha, Practical Reason, Middle Ages
Document Summary
Abbasid caliphate replaced the umayyad caliphate in 750 ce. Migration of people from the center of the empire in iraq moving to the west for better economic life jews were a part of this too. Sense of cultural unity amidst the political fragmentation of the empire. Islam became a more established and refined religious system, 300 years after its emergence as a religion. Islam also became very important for the christian world. Scientific and philosophical ideas from the ancient greek world were prominent, and the islamic world adopted many of these ideas. Those translated works were then translated to latin (from arabic: helped in the development of the scientific revolution in europe. Time of important economic activity under abbasid empire; large scale trade activities in the muslim world. Unification of territories under islam helped facilitate ideas for jews spread of ideas through the responsa system. Baghdad became a very important economic center.
