Top 10 things your KS2 pupils need to know, and remember, about Early Islamic civilization
1. 1000 years of extraordinary activity after AD 700
For approximately 1000 years, after AD 700, there was an extraordinary amount of activity from Baghdad to North Africa, from Spain to China
2. Developments outstripped those of anywhere else in the world
Developments there outstripped those of anywhere else in the world. There was free education, free health care, public baths, paved streets (lit at night),litter collection and sewage systems.
3. A great city
Baghdad was a great city where really important developments took place in Mathematics and Science
4. Silk road
Baghdad was on the Silk Road so was a centre for trade, and attractive because of its water supply and fertile soil
5. Circular city
Baghdad was a circular city with splendid palaces, mosques, gardens, parks, and even a hospital.
6. The house of wisdom
The House of Wisdom in Baghdad contained wonderful libraries which preserved knowledge from ancient Greek and Roman times what would otherwise have been lost. It contained the largest collection of books in the world.
7. Amazing inventors
This was a time when there were lots of amazing inventors
