The Rise and Fall of Islam's Golden Age

Many repetitions of modern Islam have been criticized as repressive policies for education, sexuality and freedom of speech. However for a while Islam may be said to be the most open and progressive religion in the world. Laura Lynn tells stories with today's seeker daily schedule

Most historians believe that the Golden Age of Muslims ranged from the 8th century to the 13th century - that was consistent with the very center of the darkest European era. This will be important in the future. During the Abbas days, Islam spread to the Mediterranean, Arabian Peninsula, and North Africa. Abbasids is inspired by the Quran and Sunnah, emphasizing the value of knowledge as well as religious devotion. They strongly promote scientific, artistic and business advances.

The Golden Age pays special attention to its general meaning of its tolerance and comprehensiveness. In Baghdad, the caliphate, a Christian and the center of Jewish scholars, was invited to share opinions and information with Muslim leaders. These scholars were assigned to state-sponsored research projects, including the first observatory in the Islamic world. The knowledge center of this dynasty parliament building is called the house of wisdom.

In the Golden Age, doctors and philosophers wrote medical encyclopedia and textbooks that have been used in the medical field for hundreds of years. In the 10th century, a pharmacy system was established among the major cities of Muslims, and the hospital was open 24 hours. The caliph establishes even universal health care by prohibiting doctors from rejecting patients.

Since the dark era devastated Europe, Islam created the Count of Arts, science, literature, poetry and architectural works. But you know what they think about all the good things. In 1258, Mongolia fired Baghdad and destroyed the house of wisdom. According to legend, many books were thrown into the Tigris river which became black with ink.

The caliph was demolished. If history changes, Muslims may seem very different today. For details on the history of Islam and its mysterious tradition, please see closeup of Sufism.

The Golden Age of Muslims represents the emergence and collapse of the unified Islamic empire from the end of the 8th century to the beginning of the 11th century. Lombard seems to transcend the political problems faced by the Islamic empire, and it seems that the three parts of Islam, the geographical view of the trade network they have and the view of the economic perspective It focuses on expanding Islam from different perspectives. Currency problems, and an increase in demand accompanying the expansion of the empire, and trade habits faced. He refined this idea in the next paragraph.

Libraries and translation companies, the main knowledge center in the Islamic Golden Age. Over the centuries of the rise of the Arab Empire, the Islamic world was most responsible for protecting and disseminating the scientific and philosophical outcomes of ancient civilization. When the ancient Greek philosophy was barely known in Europe, important works by Aristotle, Plato and other Greek philosophers were translated into Arabic, and the wisdom of Baghdad wisdom that they were Muslim scholars It was kept at home. Reading and research

The theory of the evolution of Greece and Rome disappeared in Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire, but Islamic philosophers and scientists never lost them. In the golden age of Islam from the 8th century to the 13th century, philosophers explored ideas about natural history. In the Middle Ages Islamic world, the scholar al-Jāḥiẓ (776 - c. 868) wrote in the 9th century. His animal book Conway Zirkle wrote an article about the history of natural selection in 1941 and an excerpt from this work said it is the only relevant paragraph he found from Arab scholars. He provided a quote explaining the struggle for survival and quoted the Spanish translation of that work: "All weak animals greed weaker than myself, powerful animals were swallowed by other animals You can not escape from powerful animals.