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    The Golden Age of Islam began under the Abbasid Caliphate after they moved the capital from Damascus to Baghdad in 750 CE. Led by the Persian al-Ma'mun, the Abbasids welcomed support from non-Arabs and pursued intellectual fields like education, science, and trade by translating works into Arabic. Major advances were made in mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and other fields as scholars built the first observatory, developed accurate maps and calendars, refined algebra and trigonometry, and compiled influential medical texts. The Golden Age revolutionized the Islamic world through the Abbasids' commitment to studying the Quran and pursuing knowledge.

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    The Golden Age of Islam began under the Abbasid Caliphate after they moved the capital from Damascus to Baghdad in 750 CE. Led by the Persian al-Ma'mun, the Abbasids welcomed support from non-Arabs and pursued intellectual fields like education, science, and trade by translating works into Arabic. Major advances were made in mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and other fields as scholars built the first observatory, developed accurate maps and calendars, refined algebra and trigonometry, and compiled influential medical texts. The Golden Age revolutionized the Islamic world through the Abbasids' commitment to studying the Quran and pursuing knowledge.

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    The Golden Age of Islam began under the Abbasid Caliphate after they moved the capital from Damascus to Baghdad in 750 CE. Led by the Persian al-Ma'mun, the Abbasids welcomed support from non-Arabs and pursued intellectual fields like education, science, and trade by translating works into Arabic. Major advances were made in mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and other fields as scholars built the first observatory, developed accurate maps and calendars, refined algebra and trigonometry, and compiled influential medical texts. The Golden Age revolutionized the Islamic world through the Abbasids' commitment to studying the Quran and pursuing knowledge.

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    Anisul Karim 44246 ARA 101 The Islamic Golden Age

    The Golden Age of Islam was nominated by the Abbasids who ruled the Islamic Civilization after the fall of the Umayyads in 750. They fought against the Umayyads to gain their rightful leadership of the Caliphate as they were the descendant of the Prophets uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib which linked them directly to the Prophet. The capital of the Abbasid Empire was shifted from Damascus in Syria to Baghdad in Iraq. Led by the Persian son of Harun al-Rashid, whose name was al-Mamun, was the first non-Arab leader of the Abbasids. This marked the beginning of expansion of the Islamic world in development of intellectual field such as education, scientific knowledge and commercial trade. In the early Pre-Islamic period known as al-jahiliya, the people were ignorant of knowledge and religion. There was never any form of written language but rather an oral society existed which did not have any effort on intellectual development. But after the revelation of the Quran it was then that the written form of language came into Arab world. The conquest of the west, south and east marked success of Islam during the Islamic period. The Abbasids ensured to put the victory forward as opposed to the Umayyads. The Golden Age was the result of the support from the non-Arabs which was welcomed by the Abbasids under the regime of alMamun while claiming that the Arab culture was not any superior to the others. It began when al-Mamun decided to translate various languages to Arabic. The Bayt al-Hikmah, which is known as house of Wisdom, was where scholars translated various works to Arabic. Development began in the fields of science, technology, culture and literature etc. The Muslims learnt the art of paper making from China and India. Mills was built throughout the city of Baghdad for paper making. This made the preserving of knowledge and discoveries economical. It enabled them to compile books and transmit knowledge. Education was more of a culture to the Abbasids unlike the Umayyads that were involved in wine drinking. Literature development

    includes one of the most famous books The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights). Discoveries were accomplished in mathematics and astronomy. Astrolabe was discovered, which is a device known as Mathematical jewel used by ancient astronomers and navigators to locate and predict celestial bodies and local time. They also built worlds first observatory and made corrections to earlier astronomical data. Muslim scholars made accurate maps with latitude and longitude. Omar Khayyam a Persian developed a calendar with such accuracy that it was only off by one day. Mathematics development was a breakthrough when they refined algebra and trigonometry which provided accurate way to measure an object at distance. Medicine was another field that was developed in the Golden age. Ibn Sina, known as the father of modern medicine was a famous scientist of the Golden Age who compiled a book known as Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb, meaning the law of medicine. This book constituted of five volumes and describes medicine in a well-mannered organized sequence. Beginning from contagious disease up to the deadly sexually transmitted disease the book described everything in detail. Moreover the benefits of exercise and procedure of surgeries are mentioned in the book. Finally to conclude, the Golden Age revolutionized the Islamic world which proved worthiness of the Islamic civilization The Abbasids kept the moral values and dignity of the Islamic world. They were at great success firstly because they studied the Quran and secondly their thirst for knowledge was immense. Furthermore these two factors were strengthened by the welcoming of non-Arabs.

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