geography
1. The green part is the abbasid caliphate.
2. The main landforms in abbasid caliphate are river, gulf, peninsula, and sea.
There are many reasons why geography was important to the Muslims when it was the time of the AbbasidCaliphate.
1) Religion of Islam was concerned with thedirections to face Mecca when they pray.
2) Making their hajj, or visiting to Mecca at leastonce in their lifetime.
Geographers :
Al-Khwarizimi (780~850 AD) He was an early geographer who was one of thefirst to think about geography scientifically. He broughthis knowledge of math&astronomy to expand the knowledgeof geography. He used informations from the Greeks andHindus. He also revised the old views on Geography andcorrected them.
2. The main landforms in abbasid caliphate are river, gulf, peninsula, and sea.
There are many reasons why geography was important to the Muslims when it was the time of the AbbasidCaliphate.
1) Religion of Islam was concerned with thedirections to face Mecca when they pray.
2) Making their hajj, or visiting to Mecca at leastonce in their lifetime.
Geographers :
Al-Khwarizimi (780~850 AD) He was an early geographer who was one of thefirst to think about geography scientifically. He broughthis knowledge of math&astronomy to expand the knowledgeof geography. He used informations from the Greeks andHindus. He also revised the old views on Geography andcorrected them.