The Abbasid Empire made plenty of mathematical and astronomy accomplishments during the Golden Age of the West. Omar Khayyam made an Accurate Calendar. He is also a great mathematician. Al- Khwarizmi was also a great Mathematician. Here are some facts on the mathematical and astronomy accomplishments that the Abbasid Empire made during the Golden Age of the West. Omar Khayyam made an accurate calendar. For this he built an observatory for it. After he was finished the calendar had a leap year 8 out of every 33 years. It was more accurate than the present Gregorian calendar. Also it was adopted by Malik-Shah in 1075. Those are the fact on the accurate calendar that Omar Khayyam made. Also he was an amazing mathematician. He produced fundamental
Islamic Achievements Over the ancient years, the Muslims gathered ideas from many different places. They generated their own visions of the world based on the thoughts that were inherited from the Greeks, Rome, and India. In addition, they also evolved their ideas when they conquered many different places, all depending on how that certain place was. The Muslims were able to deal with many different cultures, allowing them to practice what they wished, thus giving themselves room to envision their own. The achievements that the people from Islam left behind was and is amazing, and left a big impact for years ahead of their own time. The Muslims of the Islamic Empire were very intent on preserving the knowledge that was passed down, and constantly
Mayan Empire, led to development of pyramids, palaces, bridges, as well as a written language, art, and a calendar; This was due to advances in mathematics
For centuries in the Muslim land the harsh and dry conditions made it hard to collect store and transport water. Most of the progress made in technology and engineering. As said in the quote "Muslim engineers also perfected the waterwheel and built underground water channels some fifty feet underground. The underground channels had manholes (openings from the street) so that they could be cleaned and repaired."(document 7) They created these inventions to help keep water and keep it clean so that they would be able to survive and thrive in where they were staying. As for astronomy most of their work was based off Hellenistic and Indian writing. This could show they were in a golden age because they took the time and effort to figure out what would work and what wouldn’t work and try and fix it. Under one of the early caliphates most Muslim scholars started learning from these writings. As said in this quote "The astrolabe, pictured, allowed people to find their precise latitude by using the position of the stars. The astrolabe was later modified to be used on ships. This innovation allowed Europeans to begin exploring the seas more safely. This lead to the Europeans finding faster trade routes to Asia by sea and Christopher Columbus’s “discovery” of the New World."(Document 6) It talks about the creation and perfection of the astrolabe and how it helped people find their exact latitude using the positions of the stars. This didn’t just help throughout the Muslim time but helped other generations of people after. It helped the Europeans find trade routes faster and help Christopher Columbus “discover” the new world. Not only that but it helped people navigate through the seas more
Abbas worked at many serval refugee services to help many refugees because he knows what it’s like to be a refugee and begin forced to leave your country.
Do you know about the man on the Iraqi 10 Dollar bill? His name is Ibn al-Haytham but most people call him Alhazen. He was a scientist from the golden age of the Muslim civilization. Alhazen was mostly known for his work in physics, mathematics, optics, and the scientific method. In medieval Europe, he was known as “The Physicist.” His research on how the eyes work led to the discovery of cameras and many more modern technologies.
Advanced technology supported the high standard of living of the general population, and is still upholding much of our standard of living today. A large proportion of today’s technology is derived or constructed upon the work of Muslim Inventors. During the 10th and 11th century, a famous Arab astronomer and mathematician of the age, Ibn Al-Haytham, became the first to have a correct understanding of the human vision and was therefore able to create the first effective camera which without, the modern camera would be impossible. The Da Vinci of the Islamic world, Ibn Firnas, devised a flying costume during the 9th century. He launched himself off the side of a mountain wearing his invention in order to test his device and became the first man to attempt controlled flight. The experiment was partially successful as he remained aloft for a few seconds. The somewhat successful glider later inspired Leonardo Da Vinci to design his own flying device which provided the foundations of modern flight. The first automatic and mechanical clocks were also introduced by Muslim inventors, most remarkable of which is the elephant clock - a sizeable, automatic clock that used Greek water-raising technology, an Indian elephant, an Egyptian phoenix, Arabian figures and Chinese
Another thing to recognize when mentioning ancient China’s contributions to geometry is “The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art.” It first appeared around 179 AD on a bronze statue description but it didn’t grow much attention until Liu Hui, another mathematician, mentions it many centuries later down the road. Within the book’s contents held mathematical problems that geometry was applied to. It also held other important information such as finding surface areas for squares and circles, the volumes of solids in various three-dimensional shapes, and included the use of the Pythagorean
In addition, it has a lot of sacred text that was written in different languages. Persian scientist contributed a lot to the understanding of nature, medicine, mathematics, and philosophy. The items they invented were irrigation systems and the development of medicine. In addition, Abu Ali Al-Hassan is known as the father of optics, which is a part of physics. He found that the atmosphere has a definite height and that twilight is triggered by refraction of solar radiation.
The Abbasids were the first ones to study and translate important Greek and Indian mathematical book like Euclid's geometry text the Elements. They adopted a very Greek approach to mathematics of formulating theorems precisely and proving them formally in Euclid's ways.
The first wonderful invention is mathematics which they created base 60 or sexageismal which was used to help form the 360 degree circle and made it so that they can easily trade and make a living. They learned math but only the wealthy students of the priests who were teachers and believed to be the only links to God.
Astronomy is an innovation that has influenced us today. This is because observatories are still used today and millions of people visit them every day. Also, Arab scholars and scientists determined the accurate lengths of the year which we still go by due to the fact that they are based on the moon just like today’s calendar. Studies about solar and lunar eclipses made by Arab scholars and scientists help us determine when they will occur. The contributions to astronomy by Muslims influenced in some ways also.
Among the many scholars working in the House of Wisdom, there was Al-Khawarizmi, known as the father of algebra. Born around 800 in Baghdad, al-Khwarizmi worked in the House of Wisdom as a scholar. Being involved in the center’s translation of ancient scientific knowledge helped him develop a unique knowledge of the accumulated wisdom of the world. His importance lies in his discoveries of mathematical knowledge which was later transferred to Arab and European scholars. His masterpiece, a book of clear explanations of what would become algebra, was his entire life’s work compiled into one collection of information. The word algebra comes from the Arabic word, al-jabr, which means “completion”. In his work, al-Khwarizmi explains the principles of solving linear and quadratic equations, the concept that an equation can be created to find the value of an unknown variable. Another crucial work of al-Khwarizmi’s was The Book on the Art of Reckoning of the Hindus, which introduced the numbering system used in the Islamic culture to the west. This is the numerical system that is still used today and offered many advantages over the existing Roman numerals. An
For my Art in History Math project, I researched math in the Middle East. The Middle East has a great history of innovation and discovery relating to math. Buildings decorated with complicated geometrical patterns are common. Many such decorations and designs are found at holy sites and in temples. What's more, these geometric designs demonstrate their understanding of math in addition to having religious meaning. Ancient people in the Middle East discovered how to draw three dimensional shapes on a two dimensional surface. Some Middle Eastern religions teach that everything is made from a creator’s thoughts. Furthermore, such art includes purposeful errors in support of the belief that no one but God is perfect. It is also a tradition that
Muslims greatly advanced the study of mathematics. Arabic numerals, the numbers the Western World uses today, were developed by the Muslims. Compared to earlier systems, such as Roman numerals, they made it easier for people to do calculations and check their work. Muslims also spread the Indian concept of zero. Zero also made it easier to write large numbers. Muslim scholar, Al-Khwarizmi, is best known as the “the father of Algebra”. Al-Khwarizmi’s famous book on algebra was translated into
The mathematics had been developed for four thousand years, and Muslim inherited mathematics from Egyptian, Mesopotamians, Sumerian and Babylonian. Greek geometry and Hindu arithmetic and algebra reached at an early stage in Muslim lands and were translated in centers such as Gondeshapur and Baghdad. Starting out at intellectual center of Islam, they soon criticizing those concepts and formulation by finding inaccurate and inconsistent information and adapt their own ideas. At the same period in Western Europe, they still use Roman numerals and abacus to calculate numbers. The Babylonian already had concept of bases sixty computation with place value numerals. Muslim then developed a decimal arithmetic based on place value and joint concept of zero. In the ninth century, Banu Musa brothers who were three gifted sons of Musa, Muhammad, Ahmad, and Hassan ibn Musa lived in Baghdad studied problems in constructing interrelated geometrical figures. Later the characteristic of those line, space of geometrical shape was given intense study and utilized sophisticated geometry in designing waterwheels, in improving farming equipment, in developing new type of weapon used at war. Another person who make significant contribution on mathematics is Muhammad ibn al-Khwarizmi, a Persian born in the eighth century. He was the first person who originated both terms “algebra”, and