Western Borrowed Culture from the Muslims before 1400

The Muslims have been a part of the American History ever since the Pre-Columbian times . The Early explorers used maps that were made by Muslims . At the time , the Muslims had advance Geographical and Navigational information . Also , aside from this , during the time when African slaves were imported in the Americas , half of the slave population could be estimated to be Muslims . The Msulims arrived in Europe in different ways , these were through , Muslim Explorers , Muslim Armies , Traders , and through Scientific Research and Arabic Manuscripts Europe being influenced by Muslim Culture was

famous for exploring the Western Continent . These are some instances in History that could usher a great influence in Culture

Islamic Science

In 750 AD , Abbasid caliphs of Baghdad , helped Science not only to thrive , but also spread towards the West (Spain ) and East (Central Asia in a period of over six hundred years

Influenced by Greek , Indian and Persian Culture , the early Arab Muslim scholars were able accrue an insurmountable amount of scientific knowledge . In doing so , they were able to make it flourish through their own innovations and discoveries

Astronomy and Mathematics were two of the bodies of knowledge which the Muslims paid attention to . Astronomy was particularly important to them specifically because of their religion . In Muslim Religion , one must pray towards a specific direction , specifically towards Mecca . Wherever a Muslim follower is , he must pray towards that direction , and at the time , they did not rely on any instruments such as a compass , but simply relied on the stars . Mathematics is relatively important to them as well with regards to dividing their property with regards to Inheritance in the Islamic Law

Although Science developed with the help of Islam 's , there are no active figures in Science that were Muslims . But during the 12th and 13th Centuries , the Research done by these people were translated from Arab to Latin and was passed to the western continents

Medical Arts

A book that may be found in on-line , Islamic Medicine , Proviedes studies and various essays pertaining to different Physicians and scholars which would contain chapters on Islamic Medical Ethics , euthanasia and AIDS The advance stages of Arab Medicine came in 12th and 13th Century wherein we can find entries pertaining to Medical Schools flourishing in the Muslim Society

Some achievements of Arab medicine that were overlooked by the west was Muslim (Arab ) roots of European Medicine , and the Discovery of how Pulmonary Circulation works in the Body . In fact it was discovered later by two doctors in the U .S . that the Pulmonary Circulation was indeed discovered by a Muslim that goes by the name of Ibn Nafis . This proves that the Pulmonary Circulation was not discovered in the 16th Century by the Europeans , but by Ibn Nafis who was actually a famous physician of the 13th Century

Alchemy and Chemistry

Alchemy is often related to magic . It is described as the Magical transformation of different kinds of metal , specifically Lead , into gold which is...