From the 600s to the 1300s, the Arabic Peninsula changed vastly. Starting as a desert wasteland, they grew from a clan based society to a rich center of culture and world trade. From the Bedouin clans to the Umayyad Caliphate to the Abbasid Caliphate, internal fighting remained as a source of continuity and contributed to the downfall of the empire, while the status of women in society evolved drastically.…
Some may say mathematics aren’t all that important. There are actually thousands of different jobs that require some knowledge of mathematics. Without mathematics you wouldn’t that there is a big difference between $100 and $1,000. Although mathematics is used in everyday life, some may say creating games was way more important than anything. For others, the creation of games may be more important because that may be all they do, all day long. While that may be true, in someone else’s opinion math helped change the world for the better. Why for the better? Because math has brightened the future. A thousand years before Europeans made significant advances in the field, scholars in Muslim civilization were creating new mathematical…
The spread of Islam throughout the world was among the most significant worldwide movements in history. In the beginning as…
Muslims have played a huge part in the worlds history. Some of the great contributions that impacted the world is, field of medicine, mathematics, and art. Those three things are some of the important things that influenced the world and influence the world.…
However while their writings are important, they aren’t the most important or even part of the three most important Muslim innovations. Astronomy may seem geeky, however it is very important in modern history. Astronomy is yet another example of a majorly important Islamic innovation, because in the olden days, sailors used astronomy to navigate themselves to their destination. According to the My World History textbook, “ Scientists used astronomy to improve their understanding of time, which let them build better clocks.” Muslims also improved the astrolabe, a device that allows people to calculate where they are on Earth. Muslims created charts that showed the positions of stars and planets. This helped them measure the size of earth and develop a precise calendar system, and yet none of this would have been possible had it not been for the…
A common misconception regarding Islam in the United States is that the religion itself is new to the country. This is incorrect due to multiple reasons, including the evidence that Muslims were brought over during the era of slavery from Africa. Additionally there are records of Muslims being present on Christopher Columbus’ ship that was used to “discover” the new world. Another common misconception regarding Islam is that American Muslims are a homogeneous group. In reality American Muslims are the most diverse religious group in the United States. Individuals who recognize themselves as Muslim Americans identify as Black, White, Asian, and Hispanic. Finally, there is a stereotype that women are oppressed in Islam. Muslim women are actually the second most educated religious group of women. Furthermore the economic parody between men and women in Islam is closer than any other religious group.…
The major religion of Islam also became strengthened by interactions along the Silk Road. Islam was often spread not through missionaries but throguh merchants. Due to the large volume of trade along the Silk Road, merchants were very successful in diffusing Islamic beliefs to the rest of the World. Islamic…
The Islamic empire can reveal a respect for knowledge from all cultures; this made it significant.…
The Muslims were very successful in many things. They developed skills easily, which helped them contribute many things towards the world. The Muslims developed and achieved in math, art, and…
Christianity and Islam are both very different religions, or as many people call them, worldviews. A worldview is a pattern of ideas but also a pattern of beliefs, convictions, and habits that help us make sense of God, the world, and our relationship of God and the world. While a worldview and a religion are very similar, they are also very different. A religion is a system of belief that attempts to define the nature of God and how human beings can understand and interact with the divine, any system of belief that prescribes certain responses to the existence (or nonexistence) of the divine. While a christian worships in a church or chapel, a muslim worships in a mosque. Christians read their holy book called the bible while muslims read their holy book called the Qur’an. There are many differences between the two of them, but there are also many similarities between them.…
Islam and Christianity seem to be very different religions but as you get deeper into the rituals and beliefs the two show strong similarities. Christianity and Islam are the two most popular religions around the world but Christianity is the largest religion in the world with 1.9 billion followers. The two religions are monotheistic and believe in one single God but Islam refers to the same god, as Allah. The two religions are based on different teachings. Christianity is based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, and Islam is based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad. In Christianity, Jesus Christ the son of God is believed to be sent to earth to save humanity from sins, and in Islam it’s believed that Jesus Christ is not the son of god but a prophet whose message has been corrupted. Muhammad who is the founder of the Islamic religion is believed to be the last prophet of God Allah, and that he had a revelation by the angel Gabriel that he was supposed to teach and spread the religion of Islam. Both religions strongly believe that there will be a final judgment and in rules. For Christianity the rules are called the Ten Commandments and for Islam the rules are called the Five Pillars of Islam. Both religions believe that by following the rules they will be judged and sent to heaven or hell. Christianity and Islam are divided into groups that form the religion. Most Christians are members of one of three major groups: Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox. Muslims the followers of Islam are members of either the Sunni or Shi’a groups. Both Religions worship their God or Allah but in different ways. Christians worship God by following his commandments, praying, singing, and reading the bible. Muslims worship Allah by praying five times a day facing toward Mecca, reading the Qur’an and by following the Five Pillars of Islam. For Christianity the day of worship is every Sunday at church and for Islam the day of worship is every day but Fridays…
Muslim culture has many different cultural groups. Each culture has different traditions and customs. There are Asian, African, European, and American Muslims. There are over 2 billion Muslims all over the world. A Muslim should not be judged by what they believe in, if it’s different from other’s beliefs. People are created in the sight of Allah. They should also not be judged by what they choose to be or wear. Muslims are required to pray five times a day. Some even keep prayer mats in their cars to take out and pray on. Muslim women are treated with respect. They have equal rights and have full respect and honor. A marriage can’t be taken place if the woman does not agree. She must agree in order to get married. When they get married, the…
A period of a thousand years exists between these thinkers and when great Muslim men and women expressed their religiosity through contributions made to society and the sciences. So what were these contributions? And how many of these things are used today?…
Ever since the advent of Islam in 7th Century, the Muslim civilization rapidly rose to the forefront of human achievement. Remarkable progress was made not only in the fields of sciences and philosophy – i.e. mathematics, astrology, astronomy, optics, cartography, medicine, anthropology, logic and literature – but they also became the dominant military and economic power of the world by the 13th Century. These accomplishments were made possible by a number of underlying factors prevailing at that time in Muslim history. The significant ones being the territorial and commercial expansion of Muslim influence to a vast area where a treasure trove of Greek, Persian and Roman works in science, medicine and philosophy was made available to their intellectuals to build upon; Patronage and encouragement was given to Muslim scholars by the ruling elite of that time, several universities were built in the Muslim lands and a spirit of freedom for inquisitive research across the religious divide was created and encouraged. But then, owing to a raging and endless conflict between the forces of logic and reason and those of rigid religious fundamentalism, Muslim Science lost its appeal and eventually disappeared into near oblivion. Resultantly, the culture of patronage of those seeking knowledge and the pursuit of excellence in the fields of sciences and the arts also died.…
Islam freed mankind from the darkness of polytheism, slavery, and injustice. It introduced the light of faith. It opened the doors to moral and social reform, and created an atmosphere of security and safety in which man was free to think, invent, and seek the road to perfection and salvation.…