Islamic Golden Age

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cultural flourishing historical period scientific flourishing

The Islamic Golden Age was a flourishing period of intellectual, scientific, cultural, and economic advancement in the Islamic world, roughly from the 8th to 14th centuries, that profoundly influenced global knowledge and civilization.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Medieval Islamic period	2
Arabic-Islamic civilization	1
Islamic Golden Age (early phase)	1
Islamic Golden Age (late phase)	1
Islamic Golden Age cultural sphere	1
Islamic Golden Age culture	1
Islamic Golden Age literature	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural flourishing ⓘ historical period ⓘ scientific flourishing ⓘ
associatedLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Greek (translated) ⓘ Persian ⓘ Syriac ⓘ
associatedReligion	Islam ⓘ
centerOfActivity	Baghdad ⓘ Basra ⓘ Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ surface form: Bukhara Cairo ⓘ Cordoba (historical) ⓘ surface form: Córdoba Damascus ⓘ Isfahan ⓘ Kufa ⓘ Nishapur ⓘ Rayy ⓘ Samarkand ⓘ
culturalCharacteristic	construction of monumental mosques and madrasas ⓘ development of adab prose ⓘ elaboration of Islamic art and calligraphy ⓘ flourishing of Arabic literature ⓘ growth of Sufi poetry ⓘ
declineFactor	Mongol conquests ⓘ surface form: Mongol invasions Sack of Baghdad (1258) ⓘ surface form: Sack of Baghdad in 1258 political fragmentation of the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ shifts in trade routes ⓘ
economicCharacteristic	development of early banking practices ⓘ integration of trade routes from Iberia to India ⓘ use of bills of exchange (sakk) ⓘ
fieldAdvanced	Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir) ⓘ Sufism ⓘ agronomy ⓘ alchemy ⓘ algebra ⓘ architecture ⓘ astronomy ⓘ cartography ⓘ chemistry ⓘ economics ⓘ engineering ⓘ geography ⓘ geometry ⓘ hadith studies ⓘ history ⓘ jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ literature ⓘ logic ⓘ mathematics ⓘ medicine ⓘ music theory ⓘ optics ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ physics ⓘ poetry ⓘ theology (kalam) ⓘ trigonometry ⓘ
influenced	Renaissance ⓘ surface form: European Renaissance Scholastic philosophy ⓘ cartography in Europe ⓘ development of modern algebra ⓘ development of modern medicine ⓘ development of optics ⓘ medieval European science ⓘ navigation techniques ⓘ
influencedBy	Greek philosophy ⓘ Hellenistic science ⓘ Indian astronomy ⓘ Indian mathematics ⓘ Persian scholarship ⓘ Syriac Christian scholarship ⓘ
keyDevelopment	advances in spherical trigonometry ⓘ codification of Islamic law schools ⓘ compilation of comprehensive medical encyclopedias ⓘ development of algebra as a distinct discipline ⓘ development of paper-making in the Islamic world ⓘ expansion of long-distance trade networks ⓘ improvements in astronomical observatories ⓘ preservation of Hellenistic science and philosophy ⓘ refinement of experimental methods in optics ⓘ systematic hospitals (bimaristans) ⓘ systematic translation of Greek works into Arabic ⓘ urbanization and growth of cosmopolitan cities ⓘ
mainRegion	Andalusia ⓘ surface form: Al-Andalus Central Asia ⓘ Islamic world ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Persians ⓘ surface form: Persia South Asia ⓘ
majorDynasty	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ Buyid dynasty ⓘ Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ Ghaznavid Empire ⓘ surface form: Ghaznavid dynasty Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ Samanid Empire ⓘ surface form: Samanid dynasty Seljuk Sultanate of Rum ⓘ surface form: Seljuk Empire Caliphate of Córdoba ⓘ surface form: Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba
notableInstitution	Al-Azhar Mosque ⓘ surface form: Al-Azhar Mosque-University Al-Qarawiyyin University ⓘ House of Wisdom ⓘ surface form: Bayt al-Hikma (Baghdad) House of Wisdom ⓘ libraries of Córdoba ⓘ
notableScholar	Al-Biruni ⓘ Al-Farabi ⓘ al‑Ghazali ⓘ surface form: Al-Ghazali Al-Idrisi ⓘ Al-Jazari ⓘ Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ Al-Kindi ⓘ Al-Masudi ⓘ Al-Muqaddasi ⓘ Al-Razi (Rhazes) ⓘ Al-Sufi ⓘ Al-Tabari ⓘ Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) ⓘ Ibn Battuta ⓘ Ibn Hazm ⓘ Ibn Jubayr ⓘ Ibn Khaldun ⓘ Averroes ⓘ surface form: Ibn Rushd (Averroes) Avicenna ⓘ surface form: Ibn Sina (Avicenna) Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) ⓘ Ibn al-Jawzi ⓘ Ibn al-Nafis ⓘ Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ⓘ Omar Khayyam ⓘ
timeEnd	14th century ⓘ
timeStart	8th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Arabic numerals → adoptedIn → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Damascene steel → associatedWith → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

The Three Apples → associatedWith → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic Golden Age literature

al-Musta'sim → associatedWith → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic Golden Age (late phase)

Jabir ibn Hayyan → civilization → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Persians → culturalInfluence → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Persian → culturalInfluenceOn → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Ibn al-Bawwab → culture → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Islamic kalam → developedIn → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

subject surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Al-Farabi → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Al-Khwarizmi → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Al-Kindi → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Al-Mansur → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic Golden Age (early phase)

Al-Razi (Rhazes) → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

subject surface form: Al-Razi

Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

subject surface form: Al-Zahrawi

Averroes → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Harun al-Rashid → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

House of Wisdom → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Ibn Arabi → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medieval Islamic period

Ibn Khaldun → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Medieval Islamic period

Ibn Muqla → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Omar Khayyam → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Rabia al‑Adawiyya → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

subject surface form: Rabia al-Adawiyya

Samarra → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Sibawayh → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

al-Ma'mun → era → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Islamic medicine → flourishedDuring → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Islamic world → hasHistoricPeriod → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Greater Iran → hasInfluenceOn → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic Golden Age culture

Al-Qarawiyyin University → heritage → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Baghdad → historicalEra → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Idris II of Morocco → historicalPeriod → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Mihna (inquisition) → historicalPeriod → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

subject surface form: Mihna

Yazd → historicalPeriod → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Geonic period → influencedBy → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Sephardi Jews → influencedBy → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arabic-Islamic civilization

Ferdowsi → movement → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Ibn Battuta → movement → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Abbasid Caliphate → partOf → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Buyid dynasty → partOf → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Caliphate of Córdoba → partOf → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Cordoba (historical) → partOf → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

subject surface form: Córdoba (historical)

this entity surface form: Islamic Golden Age cultural sphere

Islamic astronomy → partOf → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Samanid Empire → partOf → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Samarra period → partOf → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

University of Córdoba (medieval scholarly center) → partOf → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

al‑Ghazali → region → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

subject surface form: Al-Ghazali

Avicenna → region → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Ibn al-Nafis → region → Islamic Golden Age ⓘ