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The History Cat: The House of Wisdom

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Describes how Baghdad grew into a place of scholarship during the Golden Age of Islam. The Caliph, Abdullah Al Ma'moun, brought many foreign scholars to translate books by renowned thinkers and philosophers for Baghdad's House of Wisdom. Eventually though, the Golden Age came to an end when the Mongols invaded Baghdad, destroying the House of Wisdom and many other places of culture. The Islamic city of Cordoba in Spain is also discussed.

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abbasids, abdullah al ma'moun, al ma'moun, cordoba, golden age of islam, islamic abbasid empire, islamic spain, mongke khan, mongol army, mongol invasion, the history cat: the house of wisdom, end of islamic golden age, fall of baghdad, sacking of baghdad, world of islam (ad 600 to 1500)
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional