Contributions of Islam by Anthony E. C. Trejo

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Contributions of Islam

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Great Contributions

Of Muslim Empire

List of Contributions

Medicine
Algebra
Society
Commerce & Weaponry
Education

Medicine

Doctors had vast knowledge. They used herbs as remedies.

The herbs were mashed in a mortar and stored in special jars.

They first knew blood

Flowed through the body

Couldn't find an nice picture for this one. They also made the finest knives, but I'll discuss this later on.

Early Muslims invented Algebra

Algebra is my favorite assignement, thanks Early Muslims!

Suqs or Bazaars

Were the centers of commerce in those days

Bazaars are still used. In early bazaars you could find exotic goods, listed in next slide. Trade was one good form of obtaining those goods.

Some goods you could find

In a Suq or bazaar

A few items missed, here they are:
Gold, silk, apricot, cherry, fig, date, sugar, sherbet, boiled candy, almonds, liquorice, Turkish Delight, Bedouin bags for transport of goods, green coffee beans, tea, beautiful rugs, and vegetable oils. To make things clearer, "nigiri" means rice

Slavery was important those days,

But the Quran told to free slaves

Parents were expected

To take care of their kids, and kids to respect them

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Cities were

Developed, clean, and beautiful

They were also well protected to aviod invasions. They had watermills, because the avast of water was little, and they had to bring it in.

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Letters were delivered

By pigeon post since 1150 AD

Pigeon post has been very efficient since then.

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Education was VERY IMPORTANT

It ranged from math to religion to poetry

The schools were called madrasahs, and they were high-leveled education places, then they came Universities

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Knowledge

Was Astronomy, medicine, math, and natural sciences

They were told to "Seek knowledge, even in China". They developed maps and knew Earth was round.

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Ibn Battuta

Was a very important trader

Ibn was fluent in 7 languages. He made trades in West & East Africa, Arabia, and China. Trade was very important in the Old Empire days. Later on, Europeans used those goods to spice up their lives (and their food).

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Coins were worth

By its minting material in this side of the Mississippi

The main problem in Rome was the lack of precious materials, which led to its economic decay. All the "good materials" were in the side of Constantinople, so this economy flourished.

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