Islamic Golden Age
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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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural flourishing
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historical period ⓘ scientific flourishing ⓘ |
| associatedLanguage |
Arabic
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Greek (translated) ⓘ Persian ⓘ Syriac ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| centerOfActivity |
Baghdad
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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
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development of adab prose ⓘ elaboration of Islamic art and calligraphy ⓘ flourishing of Arabic literature ⓘ growth of Sufi poetry ⓘ |
| declineFactor |
Mongol conquests
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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
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integration of trade routes from Iberia to India ⓘ use of bills of exchange (sakk) ⓘ |
| fieldAdvanced |
Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir)
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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
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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
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Hellenistic science ⓘ Indian astronomy ⓘ Indian mathematics ⓘ Persian scholarship ⓘ Syriac Christian scholarship ⓘ |
| keyDevelopment |
advances in spherical trigonometry
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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
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surface form:
Al-Andalus
Central Asia ⓘ Islamic world ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Persians ⓘ
surface form:
Persia
South Asia ⓘ |
| majorDynasty |
Abbasid Caliphate
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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
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| notableInstitution |
Al-Azhar Mosque
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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
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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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