Islamic Golden Age, also known as the Islamic Renaissance, is a period of cultural and intellectual growth and activity that persisted throughout the Islamic world (from Morocco and Spain in the west to Afghanistan and Pakistan in the east) between the 8th and 13th centuries. The Islamic Golden Age began when the Abbasid Caliphate, followers in the tradition of Muhammad, transferred its capital from Damascus in Turkey to Baghdad in Iraq. The leaders of the Abbasid Caliphate were lovers of knowledge and they encouraged the establishment of numerous academic and public institutions to further that knowledge.Some institutions founded during the Islamic Golden Age include the public hospital, psychiatric hospital, public libraries, academic degree-granting universities, and the astronomical observatory as a research institute.Today, the University of Al Karaouine in Fez, Morocco is regarded as the world’s oldest degree-granting university, founded in 859.
By the 10th century, key Islamic cities such as Baghdad, Tripoli, Cairo, and Cordoba had huge libraries with between 600,000 and 3 million books, many of which were destroyed in subsequent centuries. The corpus of knowledge generated during this time exceeds the combined works of ancient Greece and Rome, and represents the first scientific works in history. Fundamental findings in optics, mechanics, physics, agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, astronomy, and thousands of other fields were achieved during this golden time in Islam history.
The video below is talking about some of the contributions of the Islamic golden age to the science and mathematics.
Reflection:
For my first blog post I didn't have any problems, only when I included my reference list and all websites appeared to be hyperlinked. I didn't like the look they gave my post so what I did is I have typed all my info in to the blog editor. First time I did this in Word Document and I have used copy/paste option. But later on I have realised that I just had to remove the hyperlink from the word/text so simple but hard to see at first. Also in the blog editor I have noticed that while you type info it automatically saves everything that you have done so far GREAT feature.In regards of my research I had tubule narrowing down my topic because it is broad and the is a lot of info about it. However I know in which direction I will go from here.
Reference:
Books
Kennedy, Hugh 2004, 'The Court of the Caliphs: When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World', Phoenix, London.
Hill, James, Fred & Awde Nicholas 2003, ‘A History of the Islamic World’, Hippocrene Books, New York.
Websites
Islam and Mathematics 2009,28 May, viewed 26 April 2010,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzcHatLa-CU
Muslim heritage 2009, Foundation for Science Technology and Civilization, viewed 25 April 2010,
http://www.muslimheritage.com/
Golden age, viewed 25 April 2010,
http://www.islamcity.com/mosque/ihame/sec7.htm
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