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Title: Muslims in World Civilization


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Muslims in World Civilization
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Topics
  • Optics
  • Mathematics
  • Medicine
  • Literature
  • Arts
  • Games
  • Cities
  • Scholarship
  • Zoology
  • Astronomy
  • Irrigation
  • Geography

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Cities Architecture
  • Baghdad center of trade learning
  • Cairo university
  • Cordoba largest city in the west
  • Mosques place of worship

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Scholarship Learning
  • Schools libraries
  • House of Wisdom
  • Translated Greek books into Arabic
  • Philosophy religion compared reason revelation

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Zoology
  • Dissection anatomy of animals
  • Al-Jahiz animals adapt to their environment
    (evolution)
  • Al-Damiri encyclopedia
  • Zoos

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Astronomy
  • Mapped the stars
  • Improved the astrolabe
  • Rotation of the earth
  • Sun-centered universe

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Irrigation Technology
  • Underground well
  • Underground aqueduct
  • Waterwheel to pump water

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Geography
  • Map making
  • Travel writing
  • Calculated the circumference of the earth
  • Al-Biruni used latitude longitude to measure
    the earth.
  • He theorized that the earth spins on its axis.

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Optics
  • Al-Haitham built a pinhole camera to model the
    eye.
  • Mirrors for reflection refraction
  • Structure of the eye
  • Eye surgery
  • Early lenses

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Mathematics
  • Al-Kwarizmi
  • Zero
  • Arabic (Indian) numbers
  • Long division
  • Algebra
  • Al-Battani
  • Trig ratios of triangles

Al-Kwarizmi
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Medicine
  • Hospitals
  • Medical textbooks
  • Studied diseases
  • Surgery
  • Stitches
  • Casts
  • Pharmacies
  • Antiseptics
  • Anesthesia

Al-Razi Allah has provided a cure for every
disease.
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Some Famous Doctors
  • Al-Razi studied how disease is spread by contact.
  • Al-Zahrawi invented surgical instruments.
  • Ibn Sina wrote The Canon of Medicine.

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Literature
  • Paper making
  • Book making
  • Poetry by Khayyam, Rumi
  • Metaphor and imagery
  • Stories

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Arts
  • Geometric patterns
  • Arabesque florals
  • Calligraphy
  • Fine textiles
  • Guitar

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Games
  • Chess
  • Backgammon
  • Polo

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