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World History
Islam in Medieval Times
Presearch Four: From the Crusades to the New Muslim Empires
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don't open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
-Rumi
(translated by John Moyne and Coleman Barks)
Themes: Scale, Cause & Effect, Models, Stability & Change
Objectives:
 Discuss the causes and course of the religious Crusades and their effects on the Christian,
Muslim, and Jewish populations in Europe, with emphasis on the increasing contact by
Europeans with cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean world.
 Describe the Golden Age of cooperation between Jews and Muslims in medieval Spain
that promoted creativity in art, literature, and science, including how that cooperation
was terminated by the religious persecution of individuals and groups.
Essential questions:
1. Why do Jews, Christians, and Muslims consider Jerusalem a Holy Land?
2. What was happening in Muslim lands that led European Christians to begin going on
crusades at the end of the 11th century? For what reasons did Europeans join the Crusades?
3. How was the Inquisition used to expel Jews and Muslims from Christian Spain?
4. How did the Crusades affect the lives of those who fought in the wars? How did the Crusades
affect Christians, Muslims, and Jews? Consider economic, social, and cultural changes.
All work should be recorded and filed in your ISN: Islam in Medieval Times. Your ISN is due 10/21.
This week:
Due
Points
In ISN
10/10
50
10/10
10/10
50
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10/13
10/21
40
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1. Read Chapter 10 in The Medieval World and Beyond. Take two-column
notes or complete the workbook pages on-line.
2. Take the Chapter 10 Reading Challenge on-line.
3. Turn in all paragraphs stapled together on Friday. We will talk in class
about how to complete your final draft.
4. Answer the essential questions above.
5. Final Exam – Islam in Medieval Times. This will consist of multiple-choice
questions on-line as well as written responses on paper.