Question

How did exposure to ancient Greek and Roman culture help bring about the Islamic golden age?

A. It gave Muslims a culturally rich civilization upon which to build.
B. It inspired Muslims to send for scholars who were studying ancient Greece and Rome.
C. It enabled Muslims to establish trade connections with Greece and Rome.
D. It introduced Muslims to complex literary writings such as poetry and drama.
E. It showed Muslims political systems that strengthened the Islamic economy.

Answer 1

The answer is A) It gave Muslims a culturally rich civilization upon which to build.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The correct answer should be A. It gave Muslims a culturally rich civilization upon which to build.

They were interested in all cultures of the world and wanted to amass large quantities of data and scholarly books that could be translated to Arabic. It wasn't only Greek and Roman but from all over the world and it proved to be successful because the Arabs developed numerous things without which we couldn't live today. Most common example being the Arabic numerals.