Medical Reference Books ¼ Aim: What were the achievements of the Islamic Golden Age? Do Now: The following document appeared on a NYS Regents Exam DBQ concerning “Golden Ages.” Read the following document then answer the questions on your handout Medical Reference Books When Europeans learned that Muslims had preserved important medical texts, they wanted to translate the texts into Latin. In the eleventh century, scholars traveled to libraries in places such as Toledo, Spain, where they began translating –but only after they learned to read Arabic. Through this process, European medical schools gained access to vital reference sources such as al-Razi’s Comprehensive Book and Ibn Sina’s The Canon of medicine. Ibn Sina’s five-volume encyclopedia guided doctors of Europe and Southwest Asia for six centuries. For nearly 500 years, al Qasim’s work, The Method, which contained original drawings of some 200 medical tools, was the foremost textbook on surgery in Europe.

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The Golden Age of Muslim Civilization: The Abbasid Empire Literature Literature influenced by Indian, Persian, Greek, Jewish, Egyptian influences Qu’ran considered to be the most important piece of Arabic literature A Thousand and One Nights: collection of stories which includes Aladdin and his magic lamp.

The Golden Age of Muslim Civilization: The Abbasid Empire Muslim Social Pyramid Muslim Economy Based on Trade Being a merchant was an honor because Muhammad was a merchant. Traders traded along the silk road with China and India

Science, Math, and Medicine The Golden Age of Muslim Civilization: The Abbasid Empire Algebra developed (Al-Jabr) 20X + 100 = 300 Astronomy: Observed Earth turning and measure its circumference Set up hospitals Doctors must pass tests Wrote over 4000 prescriptions for disease treatment Science, Math, and Medicine

The Golden Age of Muslim Civilization Art and Architecture Use beautiful writing and geometric patterns to decorate buildings and art Adapt Byzantine domes and arches Minarets: slender towers outside of mosques to call the faithful to prayer.

The Golden Age of Muslim Civilization Art and Architecture Inside the Blue Mosque