1. Golden Age of Islam

2. House of Wisdom- Baghdad created by Ma'mun in 830 C.E.

3. Engineering Possibilities
Math
Place value system
Algebra
Equations to define lines and curves
Geometry led to trigonometry
Created pumps, fountains
Surveying and architecture
Science
Astronomy
Solar eclipses predicted
Moon affects the oceans
Geographers
Chemistry (classification of animals, plants and minerals)

4. The Astrolabe Muhammed Al Fazari Astronomy Tool
Navigational Instrument
Which way is Mecca?

5. Medical Advances Studied origins of diseases (smallpox, measles, etc.)
Al- Razi, Ibn Sina (Canon of Medicine)
Identification of circulatory system
Science of optics (lights impact on eyes)

6. Calligraphy

7. Literature and Philosophy
The Arabian Nights- Story of Sinbad
Aladdin and His Lamp
Ali Baba and the 40 Theives
Mishne Torah- Jewish scholar, Moses Maimonides- revival of Aristotle

8. The “Ideal Man”
Cultural Diversity