the second half of the eighth century, considerably more of ancient science and mathematics would have been lost” (Boyer 227). Islamic scholars did more than just preserve mathematical history. Persian mathematicians, Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi, Abu Bakr al-Karaji, and Omar Khayyam, attached rules and provided logical proofs to Grecian geometry thus creating a new field of mathematics called algeb... ... middle of paper ... ...h is done today. In fact, he is most known as a poet
architecture in the world. During the golden age, Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī was one of the leading scientists in the Abbasid era. Al-Khwarizmi’s had many contributes and achievements in many fields, but he was known for Mathematics, astronomy and geography. Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī was born about780 CE in Hiva (known as Uzbekistan now). Around 825 CE, Al-Khwārizmī had his most productive period when he started working in Baghdad during the caliph al-Ma’mun, who built the house of wisdom in Baghdad
and the fundamental operations connected with it such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponentiation and extraction of the root. There are many scholars had contributed in this field such as Al-Khwarizmi, Al-Kindi, Al-Battani and Al-Biruni. Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi, as known as the father of algebra. He was born around 780 CE and was one of a great scholar that had contributed in mathematics. In the early 9th Century, he was one of the 1st Directors of the House of Wisdom
things were being done, and becomes a precedent to carry out standards which become a part of their antiquity. The Middle East has grown to be one of the most globalized nations based its people, culture and its religion of Islam. The induction of Muhammad and his teachings originated reason and alertness for major changes that would make the Middle East what it is today. The advent and the spread of Islam were the leading cause for key changes such as, the emphasis of religion, the importance of
Throughout history, mathematics has played a major role in humanities existence. The global need to count and use math developed through numerous mathematical systems in societies, such as, Egyptian, Babylonian, Mayan, Roman, and Hindu-Arabic. However, the number “zero” did not exist in the early age of math. Numbers were initially used to count things; counting-wise, it does not make sense to count something “zero”, thus zero was not used until later in the history. I consider zero to be the most
Every day we are bombarded with images of demolition and terrorism carried out in the name of religion. Who is to blame? Ask the media, they will point only to Muslims, for example, ‘The Sun’ headline states ‘Woolwich terror suspect revealed as Muslim convert known to MI5’. Not anymore! We have to stop this injustice and inhumane ways right now! We are annoyed by the media giving misleading news, for example, the 7/7 London bombings, the blame were ultimately put on Muslims; they shouldn’t have directly
from all around the Muslim world. Much of the modern world’s scientific and philosophical knowledge has its roots in the Abbasid caliphate, and Baghdad its capital. Bayt al-Hikma, or the House of Wisdom was founded by Caliph Harun al-Rashid, and formally established by his son al-Mamun during the early middle ages of Europe. Bayt al-Hikma was a distinguished institution where a remarkable assemblage of scholars undertook the task of translating all of the scientific and philosophical classical age
This similarity could be due to necessity. Large societies usually have some form of an absolute monarch. These monarchs can be seen in Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire and Harun-al Rashid of the Abbasid Caliphate. Under both of these rulers, their respective empires began to decline. Because of the rule of Harun-al Rashid, major uprisings began due to his attempts at controlling the local rulers, and civil war broke out. This divided and weakened the Abbasid caliphate. The decisions that led to