GOLDEN AGE OF ISLAMBy Steffen Svec

ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

The discovery of the Chinese paper making process was a more efficient way of writing. The

process was much easier and faster than preparing papyrus. Shops then began to sell paper and books, improving the economy.

INTELLECTUAL ACHIEVEMENTS

The House of Wisdom was built in Baghdad. This attracted many scholars from different

continents. The scholars were to translate immense amounts of literature and knowledge

into Arabic. They translated works from Aristotle, Euclid, and other important thinkers of ancient

Persia, Greece, and Rome.

POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Islamic armies did not seek to destroy conquered people and territory, but rather to continue to

grow their empire. They focused on scholars and expanding the collection of knowledge in Arabic,

as well as widening their trade markets.

SOCIAL ACHIEVEMENTSAbassid armies continued to spread across the borders and more people came under

Islamic control. Arabic was the official language of the empire, as the empire expanded and more people learned Arabic it was easier to communicate information with the

different cultures that blended into the empire.