Without islam, the West would not have survived its own barbaric existence. Muslims contribution to the western world - in art, architecture, astronomy, medicine, science, and learning is the basis of our civilization today .
The early Muslims are credited with inventing distillation and could distil just about anything - from alcohol to perfume. Hygiene is very important in the Muslim world so they invented and manufactured soap - centuries before the West - and hundreds of bathhouses were built throughout Muslim cities. They understood the fundamentals of light and how we see, and gave us the camera obscura. They invented algebra and worked out the angle of the tilt of the earth. They built the first windmill, pioneered the concept of the crank rod, and designed the first ever torpedo.
2006-10-11 10:23:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Muslim creativity also led to the invention of a unique instrument called the astrolabe – it could find the direction of Mecca, tell the time and, with the help of the stars, navigate you across deserts and oceans. But perhaps most important of all they pursued the cause of knowledge, translating and preserving the works of the ancients and building the world's largest libraries – their 'houses of wisdom'.
2006-10-11 10:24:24 · update #1
Islamic civilization is based on the freedom that God gave mankind where Moslems 1400 years ago were able to think freely about every issue that relate to human life.1400 years ago the world was living
in darkness. 1400 years ago, there were Islamic universities where most scientific subject was taught.
2006-10-11 10:25:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
You recommend as properly giving the Western international: - The compass - The Sextant - Our contemporary extensive style equipment 0-9, what we call ARABIC NUMERALS in the process the midsection an prolonged time the Muslim international replaced into the main technologically stepped forward subculture in the international and the renaissance replaced into due often partly to the commerce and the substitute of suggestions we had with the Muslim international.
2016-10-19 05:34:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. All these things and more. Many of the sciences exist as they do only because of the preservation of them in muslim arabic lands.
Where did they go so wrong? They were the shining beacon of western civilization... and now... the extremists seem to have won.
Assuming Islam is true, may the 12th mahdi return soon and restore Islam to its former peaceful, learned ways.
2006-10-11 10:28:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
So what is the question?
And what does this prove?
Why do you distill alcohol and not drink it?
I am sure they did lots of cool stuff, we are also even today.
But in the history of Islam, is that the only list you could make? It is quite short.
1400 years ago we had already had the light of Jesus Christ for over 600 years.
Do your history!
Peace!
2006-10-11 10:27:40 · answer #4 · answered by C 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Islam brought barberism and invented nothing. Literally, after 800 years of empire...nothing. Staggering.
Some Muslims claim "we invented math, you know Aljebra is islamic" >>> 100% false. Nothing except logarythm (Al Kharizimi) came from Muslims. Al Kharazimi merely collected the works from conquered lands and bound them together (Hindus, Greeks, Egyptians).
Muslims have also committed the greatest genocides in all of history. Google the "Arab invasions". Literally hundrends and hundreds of peaceful hindus were butchered in the most savage manner ever known to humankind.
THATS A FACT. GOOGLE IT. STUDY IT.
2006-10-11 10:31:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋
I completely agree with you
2006-10-11 10:51:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
yeah..your'e the man.
2006-10-11 10:32:05 · answer #7 · answered by mido 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
thumps up
2006-10-11 10:28:36 · answer #8 · answered by Kimo 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
so....wot is teh question again?
2006-10-11 10:29:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋