Give two factors that helped in the growth of culture during the rule of the Abbasids.

Two factors that helped in the growth of culture during the rule of the Abbasids were:

1. The Abbasid Empire was one of the most powerful and flourishing one as it included all the important centres of civilization in the area, i.e., parts of North Africa, Egypt, Spain, Iran and Iraq.
2. They absorbed whatever was best in other cultures and civilizations and used them to further develop their knowledge.