The Muslims goal was to transmit their beliefs of Islam throughout the world. After the decline of Muslim rule Islam spread to land outside of its boundaries. In the tenth century Islam was spread throughout three continents. Abu Bakr took over the efforts of spreading Islam after Muhammad. Islam was one of the most effective religions in removing barriers of race and nationality
Islam 1200AD Muslim general Salah al-Kin al Ayyubi in Egypt ended the Christian crusades. Muslim control of Spain was reduced to the Kingdom of Granada.
9-14th Century Literature- The shahnameh is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between 977 and 1010 AD it is the national epic of Iran
Book of One thousand and one nights- includes legends of Aladdin, Sinbad and Ali baba Kind of like Beowulf the stories were first told orally so the story has never stayed the same over years.
Al-Kindis was a philosopher in the 9th century and was known as the philosopher of the Arabs. It was said that he was strongly influenced by the Epictetus. This emphasized the importance of freedom from the world and human beings. 1000 and 1 nights revolved around strong female heroines.
Al Khwarizmi- it is pronounced in classical Arabic as al Khwarizmi hence the Latin transliteration. Life of him in the 12th century Latin translations of his work on the Indian numeral introduced the decimal positional number system in the western world. he was born in a Persian family Contributions to mathematics were geography astronomy these were all basis for innovation in algebra and trigonometry. His systematic approach to solving linear and quadratic equations. Astronomy he made the astronomical tables of sind and hind. The tables consist of about 37 chapters on calendric and astronomical and astrological data. they contain the movements of the sun and the five planets known at the time. Geography - his third major work is his book on the appearance of the earth. The book was finished in 833 AD it revised the version of Ptolemy's geography. Aj-jabr is related to mathematics but for historical reasons the world algebra has three meanings. Algebra means use of letters and symbols to represent values. Structures meaning linear.
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