References
Videos for further learning
One of the most important periods of mankind was the Islamic Golden Age. The Western world owes to the Islamic Arabs the preservation of the writings of Ancient Greece, the knowledge of how to manufacture paper, commercial and financial techniques that provided the basis of capitalism, the number system, and many other achievements.
Islamic Golde Age Achievements
Links for further learning
The Spread of Islam
The Islamic golden age
- Arabic translators did far more than just preserve Greek philosophy
- How Arabic Translators Helped Preserve Greek Philosophy … and the Classical Tradition
- The Golden Age of Islam (Khan Academy Video)
Capitalism and Islam
The globalized trade and capitalism originated in trade practices of pre-Islamic Arabs, and promotion of free trade across the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages created the condition for capitalism to emerge in Europe.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism_and_Islam
- Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism by Benedikt Koehler
- An Introduction to the History of Capitalism 600-1900 AD by Benedikt Koehler, David Abulafia, Victoria Bateman, Huw Bowen, Nicholas Crafts
Arab Origins of Cryptology
- Arab Origins of Cryptology
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Khalil_ibn_Ahmad_al-Farahidi
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Kindi
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_analysis
The Siege of Baghdad
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wisdom
- https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/23/the-house-of-wisdom-contained-so-many-books-that-the-tigris-river-turned-black-from-the-ink-when-all-of-them-were-destroyed/
- Hulagu Khan’s Army Threw So Many Books into the Tigris River that they Formed a Bridge that Would Support a Man on Horseback
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Baghdad_(1258)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Musta%27sim
- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/04/25/invaders-3