THE GOLDEN AGE

THE START OF THE ABBASID EMPIRE

• Internal conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims
• Capital: Baghdad

Trade:
Banks and Sakks

GOVERNMENT

• Beauraceacy
• Local government
• Emulated Persia

Life and Society:
- multicultural
- women

ART AND ARCHITECTURE

• Arabic Script
• Carvings
• Artists couldn't depict realistic figures

DECLINE

• Civil war caused by lack of successor
• Governors built their own bases