Islamic Golden Age

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The Islamic Golden Age was a flourishing period of intellectual, scientific, cultural, and economic advancement in the Islamic world, roughly from the 8th to 14th centuries, that profoundly influenced global knowledge and civilization.

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instanceOf cultural flourishing
historical period
scientific flourishing
associatedLanguage Arabic
Greek (translated)
Persian
Syriac
associatedReligion Islam
centerOfActivity Baghdad
Basra
Bukhara
linked to: Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Cairo
Córdoba
Damascus
Isfahan
Kufa
Nishapur
Rayy
Samarkand
culturalCharacteristic construction of monumental mosques and madrasas
development of adab prose
elaboration of Islamic art and calligraphy
flourishing of Arabic literature
growth of Sufi poetry
declineFactor Mongol invasions
linked to: Mongol conquests

Sack of Baghdad in 1258
political fragmentation of the Abbasid Caliphate
shifts in trade routes
economicCharacteristic development of early banking practices
integration of trade routes from Iberia to India
use of bills of exchange (sakk)
fieldAdvanced Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir)
Sufism
agronomy
alchemy
algebra
architecture
astronomy
cartography
chemistry
economics
engineering
geography
geometry
hadith studies
history
jurisprudence (fiqh)
literature
logic
mathematics
medicine
music theory
optics
pharmacology
philosophy
physics
poetry
theology (kalam)
trigonometry
influenced European Renaissance
linked to: Renaissance

Scholastic philosophy
cartography in Europe
development of modern algebra
development of modern medicine
development of optics
medieval European science
navigation techniques
influencedBy Greek philosophy
Hellenistic science
Indian astronomy
Indian mathematics
Persian scholarship
Syriac Christian scholarship
keyDevelopment advances in spherical trigonometry
codification of Islamic law schools
compilation of comprehensive medical encyclopedias
development of algebra as a distinct discipline
development of paper-making in the Islamic world
expansion of long-distance trade networks
improvements in astronomical observatories
preservation of Hellenistic science and philosophy
refinement of experimental methods in optics
systematic hospitals (bimaristans)
systematic translation of Greek works into Arabic
urbanization and growth of cosmopolitan cities
mainRegion Al-Andalus
linked to: Andalusia

Central Asia
Islamic world
Middle East
North Africa
Persia
linked to: Persians

South Asia
majorDynasty Abbasid Caliphate
Ayyubid dynasty
Buyid dynasty
Fatimid Caliphate
Ghaznavid dynasty
linked to: Ghaznavid Empire

Mamluk Sultanate
Samanid dynasty
linked to: Samanid Empire

Seljuk Empire
Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba
notableInstitution Al-Azhar Mosque-University
linked to: Al-Azhar Mosque

Al-Qarawiyyin University
Bayt al-Hikma (Baghdad)
linked to: House of Wisdom

House of Wisdom
libraries of Córdoba
notableScholar Al-Biruni
Al-Farabi
Al-Ghazali
linked to: al‑Ghazali

Al-Idrisi
Al-Jazari
Al-Khwarizmi
Al-Kindi
Al-Masudi
Al-Muqaddasi
Al-Razi (Rhazes)
Al-Sufi
Al-Tabari
Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
Ibn Battuta
Ibn Hazm
Ibn Jubayr
Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
linked to: Averroes

Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
linked to: Avicenna

Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)
Ibn al-Jawzi
Ibn al-Nafis
Jabir ibn Hayyan
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Omar Khayyam
timeEnd 14th century
timeStart 8th century

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Middle East wasCenterOf Islamic Golden Age
Sephardi Jews influencedBy Arabic-Islamic civilization
linked to: Islamic Golden Age
Abbasid Caliphate partOf Islamic Golden Age
Islamic world hasHistoricPeriod Islamic Golden Age
The Arabian Nights timePeriodOfCompilation Islamic Golden Age
Baghdad historicalEra Islamic Golden Age
Baghdad wasMajorCenterOf Islamic Golden Age
Ferdowsi movement Islamic Golden Age
Greater Iran hasInfluenceOn Islamic Golden Age culture
linked to: Islamic Golden Age
Persians culturalInfluence Islamic Golden Age
Omar Khayyam era Islamic Golden Age
Ibn Arabi era Medieval Islamic period
linked to: Islamic Golden Age
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani era Islamic Golden Age
subject linked to: Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani
Eastern Arabic numerals adoptedIn Islamic Golden Age
Al-Ghazali region Islamic Golden Age
subject linked to: al‑Ghazali
Rabia al-Adawiyya era Islamic Golden Age
subject linked to: Rabia al‑Adawiyya
Ibn Muqla era Islamic Golden Age
Ibn al-Bawwab culture Islamic Golden Age
Córdoba (historical) partOf Islamic Golden Age cultural sphere
subject linked to: Cordoba (historical)
linked to: Islamic Golden Age
Caliphate of Córdoba partOf Islamic Golden Age
Sibawayh era Islamic Golden Age
Mihna historicalPeriod Islamic Golden Age
subject linked to: Mihna (inquisition)
Samarra period partOf Islamic Golden Age
House of Wisdom era Islamic Golden Age
al-Ma'mun era Islamic Golden Age
Samarra era Islamic Golden Age
Harun al-Rashid era Islamic Golden Age
al-Musta'sim associatedWith Islamic Golden Age (late phase)
linked to: Islamic Golden Age
Yazd historicalPeriod Islamic Golden Age
Islamic medicine flourishedDuring Islamic Golden Age
Islamic astronomy partOf Islamic Golden Age
Islamic mathematics relatedTo Islamic Golden Age
Persian culturalInfluenceOn Islamic Golden Age
Damascene steel associatedWith Islamic Golden Age
Geonic period influencedBy Islamic Golden Age
Islamic kalam developedIn Islamic Golden Age
Al-Farabi era Islamic Golden Age
Avicenna region Islamic Golden Age
Al-Qarawiyyin University heritage Islamic Golden Age
Idris II of Morocco historicalPeriod Islamic Golden Age
Averroes era Islamic Golden Age
Buyid dynasty partOf Islamic Golden Age
Al-Kindi era Islamic Golden Age
Al-Khwarizmi era Islamic Golden Age
Samanid Empire partOf Islamic Golden Age
Jabir ibn Hayyan civilization Islamic Golden Age
Ibn Battuta movement Islamic Golden Age
The Three Apples associatedWith Islamic Golden Age literature
linked to: Islamic Golden Age
Al-Zahrawi era Islamic Golden Age
subject linked to: Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)