The Impact Of Islam On Western Civilization

Since Islam originated and advanced in Arab culture, other denominations that assimilated to the Islamic religion, often became greatly influenced by the Arabian culture and customs. Furthermore, even those who did not assimilate, but were in close contact with the Arabs tended to be influenced by them. Western Civilization, due to their struggles with and against the Islamic Empire, was greatly impacted by the Arabs. Ultimately, Arabs transformed Western Civilization in a manner that allowed the civilization to grow and flourish exponentially through the fields of science, technology, and especially in mathematics. Further analysis of the extensive knowledge the Muslims had of science in comparison to the minimal understanding that Western Civilization had of the topic, affirms that Islamic …show more content…
Arab alchemy sparked the West’s interest in research of the natural world, the properties of chemical substances, and how to manipulate them to achieve desired results. Christian Europe however was not immediately prone to the teachings. The Catholic Church saw their influence over the economy was being threatened by the acts of purifying lesser materials dismissed alchemy as man interfering with the natural order of God, and deemed all practitioners to be charlatans. Still, those devoted to the search for knowledge preserved the Arab teachings of alchemy and thus Christian Europe was flooded with works of the Arabian Art. The teachings brought by the Arabs inspired Western Alchemists to adopt the Arab’s theories of nature, and the scientific method, resulting in a scientific revolution in Western Civilization. Ultimately the impact of Arab science, specifically medicine and alchemy, resulted in a scientific revolution in the West which allowed them to better their Civilization by leaps and