ISLAMIC LIVING/CULTURE

VARIOUS SOCIAL CLASSES

• There are 4 social classes in Islam.
• High class.
• Middle class.
• Low class.
• And finally at the very bottom is slaves.

ENGINEERING/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Heres a list of Islamic accomplishments.
• They engineered a vertical axes windmill.
• A bridge mill.
• The Sufi monasteries were actually one of the first to drink coffee
• Invented the hookah. Also known as water pipe

ART

• Luster Ware- Coating thats applied to pottery to glaze them.
• Tin glazing- Adds a bluish tint to pottery.
• Hispano-Moresque ware- glazing with a white tint.
• Albarello- Earth jar designed to hold ointments and drugs.

LIVING CONDITIONS

• Had many hospitals.
• Many libraries.
• The house of wisdom, one of the most famous centers for learning.
• Known as the worlds richest and intellectual city of its time.

CALLIGRAPHY

• Couldn't paint humans, based on Allah can only create life.
• Many artists turned to Calligraphy.
• Calligraphy is important to muslims because they form pictures with letters of prayer.
• So they don't have to draw living beings and go against their belief.