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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