Wiet. "The Golden Age of Arab and Islamic Culture", Study Guide
Terms, names, words [some you will need to look up in dictionary, others
check in Saunders; if there are any that you cannot find, please ask in
class].
- "letters" - as in "men of letters"
- prosody
- philological
- jurisprudence
- analogical method
- Mutazilites
- "commentaries" - as in "commentaries on the Quran"
- Mamun
- astrolabe
- Academy of Wisdom = beyt ul-hiqma
- Hippocratic Oath
- astrologer
- calligraphy
- odes
- debauchery
- Samarra
- mihrab
2. Connections between Islam and the "Golden Age"; between
Arabic and the "Golden Age."
3. Are Grabar's views on Baghdad at this time different from those
of Wiet? How?