The House Of Wisdom In The Battle Of Zab

Over the 100 years that Islam expanded, the Arabs collected a wealth of science, philosophy and arts from lands they had conquered as they grew. By the tenth century, nearly all Greek texts were translated into Arabic as a result of the Translation Movement. They preserved a lot of Greek works that would have been lost otherwise. At the time they were thought of as the greatest scholars because of all of the knowledge they combined from different countries. For example, the Greeks liked geometry, and the Hindus liked algebra and arithmetic, so the Arabians developed a combination of both called trigonometry, used for astronomical purposes with the ratios called trigonometric functions. The Islamic people contributed to transmission of knowledge in Europe by all of the writing they had sought after to make their own. It gave them so much more information than other countries. As more expansion occurred, the Greek scientific writings moved westward through the Islamic world and reached Spain by the 9th century.

From its beginnings in Mecca to its extensive empire across the Middle East, Asia, North Africa and parts of Europe, the spread of Islam in the late 600’s and 700’s A.C.E has drawn much attention. The spread of Islam began when Prophet Muhammad (579-632) (pbuh) started preaching the revelation he claimed to have received from God. Muslim dynasties were soon established and eventually the Abbasid Dynasty ruled over the vast Islamic empire, and through wealth in money and knowledge, the Muslim world experience it's Golden Age. The people of the Islamic world created numerous sophisticated centers of culture and science with far-reaching trade networks. The Islamic world achieved its Golden Age through its advancements in medicine, math and

The purpose of this investigation will be to assess how the House of Wisdom contributed to the preservation of knowledge. This question is important because it addresses the academic advances with the Islamic civilization that lead to new information. To determine the extent of the contribution to the preservation of knowledge, this investigation will examine the achievements al-Khawarizmi made in science and the achievements that were made in this library and how they were preserved through time. The area of research will be focused during the time of the Islamic Golden Age, 750-1258, and in the city of Baghdad, where the House of Wisdom flourished. A method that will be used during this investigation is the examination of

There exist three basic components of traditional Islamic art: calligraphy, geometric patterns, and floral and vegetal motifs. These three stylistic tools are beautifully rendered and masterfully integrated into complex works of art, but there is no question that artistic expression is severely limited under these categorizations. However, this limitation stems from Islamic theology and concept of art. The main reason for the limitation imposed on visual art is the Islamic theological prohibition of figural imagery. Social laws presented in the Hadith prevented the representation of figures because any imitation was deemed idolatrous. Also, art is considered to be decorative and imitative. Script and patterns are used to decorate

HVIII. ARCHITECTURE: Mosques in the old days were decorated beautifully with calligraphy and tile. They also had their own kind of domes that they used on the most important buildings. Used minarets. The specific geometric forms decorating the walls (known as Arabesque) represent the infinite.

They also used art to glorify their god. Document 7 is about muslim architects. Muslim architects mixed different styles of architecture to create their own style. The byzantines were important to the muslims because built on theirs. Document 8 is about Arabic literature.

The Islamic Golen Age was a tiem of knowlegable prosparity, and intellectual gain. People from

Art helps royalty and rulers spread their ideas and lets their people know the power of the leader, ruler, etc.

Before there were invention of letters and words to communicate people would use symbol art or drawn images to communicate. Even after the invention of letters to communicate we still tends to use graphic design such as logos and road signs. Symbol art are so significant to our daily lives and linked back up to Egyptian hieroglyph. Many graphic design focus on symbols because graphic designers job is to make sure the message of their own visual can be understood by others. The "Judgment of Hunefer before Osiris" shows how art symbols are use very commonly in the early age and should stay in next year art history book due to that fact that the artwork on the "Judgment of Hunefer before Osiris" incorporated relationship between art and literature

When the Abbasid Dynasty took over rule, in 762 AD, in the Muslim world and moved to the new capital “Baghdad”, the city then was known as the world’s center of education and culture for 5 centuries. During this period, not only has Baghdad become the city of museums, hospitals, libraries and mosques, but also has been known for the Golden Age of the Islamic civilization. During the European embittered in the Dark Ages, Baghdad was at the heart of an exciting and assorted civilization. After more than 500 years, the Abbasid dynasty started to fade and lose its viability over the entire Muslim world. Major changes where observed during 1257, when Hulagu moved to Baghdad, his transfer led to the creation of a “de facto” alliance between the

The Islamic Golden age provided the Abbasid Caliphate with an immense amount of political power and influence. The empire controlled lands from West Africa to parts of current day Iran and the new capital, Baghdad, quickly developed to into a large and advanced city . With control over previous Greek, Egyptian, and Persian lands, the locality of the empire set base for the academic, philosophical and medicinal advancement that define the Islamic Golden Age. Several schools of thought began setting up in Baghdad, such as Gundishapur which brought Greek medicine, science, and philosophy to the Islamic culture. Schools like these helped Islamic scholars to learn from these texts in order to build their own thoughts and treatises. The pursuit for academic advancement in fields of philosophy, technology, and medicine defines the Golden Age of Islam at it allowed a proliferation of scholars from different regions to study under one empire and one language. The size and stability of the Caliphate of the time proves their political and economic power, however the success of the society would not have amounted to its potential if it were not for the academic advances that flourished throughout this time period.

The book that we have chosen to review is titled “Lost History, the Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers and Artists”. The author of the book is Michael Hamilton Morgan. The book was published in the year 2007 and also holds the same copyright date. The book is a non-fiction. The main subject matter of the book is the history of the Islamic civilization from the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

Al Salem works in the field of calligraphy of Islamic art. His work does not differ greatly from the essential elements of Islamic art although there is no doubt that he takes a more modern approach on Islamic art. Komaroff mentions that the past’s Islamic art and this new approach of Islamic art “share a common artistic vocabulary based in the Arabic alphabet. As well, that “the contemporary calligraphy is imbued with a sense of timelessness, while it, in turn, pulls the historical objects into the present day, giving them relevance.” Moreover, Al Salem himself states in the video for the Jameel Prize 3 that “the nature of Arabic calligraphy is timeless; it always has been contemporary and modern.” Al Salem is implying that at the heart of

The creation of Islam in AD 662 spread very widely within a century and brought on a “whole cultural phenomenon”. Muslims contribute to knowledge through the creation and addition of Arabic numerals, positional notation, algebra, calculations in astronomy, medical analyses, and new poetry techniques. Islam contributions to design are “distinctive, richly colorful, and highly imaginative.” (Newton 30) The militant Arabs took over Syria, and then took over Egypt in AD 640. Sixty years later they spread to the south Mediterranean coast, reaching the Atlantic. Through similar interests of conquest, the Arabs were drawn into Spain. The Muslims traveled across the Strait of Gibraltar in AD 711. Despite resistance from southern regions, they conquered successfully. (Jellicoe 40) By AD 712, Muslims occupied Seville and Cordoba. The Muslim part of Spain stands independently and survives for eight centuries. (Newton 31) Muslims arrive in Spain and influence regions knowledgably, architecturally and through use of the land. Despite the later Spanish Christian revival, areas in the South of the peninsula, Cordoba and Seville still contain layered Islamic attributes. The space extending past the architecture is an opportunity that engages so many aspects. “Architecture must go beyond architecture and rewrite its definition to embrace the challenges of society, responding with a new critical discourse on social and technical levels” (Serageldin 11-12). Muslims were able to

The first phase of the collection of the Qur’an involved Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) committing divine revelation to his memory. This phase is known as the time in which “the Quran was preserved in chests.” During this time Arabs were known for their oral tradition and retained information by their memory.