The Islamic astrolabe was composed of four main pieces. The mater (base plate), the rete (top plated that hosted engraved
The Islamic astrolabe was composed of four main pieces. The mater (base plate), the rete (top plated that hosted engraved
In Islam they had many different achievements that people came up with, some of them had an enormous impact on the Islam people. The primary sources that we were given tell us some of the achievements, how they happened, and the impact that they had. The second, fourth, sixth, and ninth documents tells and show us some of the achievements that the Islam people had. Primary sources third, fifth, and seventh tell us how they happened. Finally the primary sources one, eight, and ten show and tell us the impact the achievements had on the Islam people.…
Egyptian astronomy began in the prehistoric times. The Egyptians knowledge of astronomy helped them contribute to modern day science. The Egyptians were considered “observers of the sky” They are well known for their contribution of the 24 hour day and the calendar. “When the lack of rainfall in North Africa forced a man to abandon his nomadic life as a hunter and settle down near water, he had perforce to become mainly an agriculturist. In eastern North Africa the Nile valley proved to be an admirable haven.”…
During the first Global Exchange a lot of changes occurred. These things could have been anything from a minor to a simple change, or a large to an extreme change. The changes that were most significant are the innovations of the Astrolabe and the transformation of the Columbian Exchange. “The Astrolabe is a very ancient astronomical device for solving problems that deal with time and the location of the sun and stars in the sky. ”1 This was a very important and very much needed innovation.…
Giancarlo Casale’s The Ottoman Age of Exploration makes it a point to introduce the concept of global politics to the study of the Age of Exploration and early modern Ottoman history. Giancarlo Casale is currently a professor at the University of Minnesota and specializes in the history of the early modern Ottoman Empire. Casale main purpose in this text was to provide a cohesive narration of the Ottoman Age of Exploration. Casale makes the important distinction that the European age of exploration was not the only significant narrative to be examined for this period of exploration for trade, new goods and new trade routes. Casale also wanted to demonstrate the way that the “Ottomans of the 16th century were able to create a new integrated…
Everyone undertakes a mission at one point in their lives. Many people have different missions than each other like, sometimes for achievement or even the care of others and they do this usually to complete their goal in life. This essay is on the novel The Other Side of the Sky by Farah Ahmedi and Tanim Ansary and the essay New Directions by Maya Angelou. In the novel by Ahmedi and Ansary, the main character was Ahmedi and she had a mission to achieve to get to a better life in Pakistan. In the other essay by Angelou, the character Annie, has to find a new life for her and her kids, so she does by selling meat pies to workers.…
Muslims had a culture that was a mix of Greek, Roman, Indian, and Persian traditions. The Islamic civilization was very advanced for its time. Muslims made advances in medicine and trade. These new ideas were very influential to other areas, especially Europe. Muslim society was very medically advanced, and had a large trading network connecting to most of the known world.…
In document 5 it shows the astrolabe a device ,which as originally created by the greeks, to help find location, direction, and time of day. This shows how the Muslims were able to improve and modify older versions of some devices to help with their daily needs, for example they needed time of day for their daily prayers and they were also in need for the location and…
The Assyrians and Babylonians believed that the stars constant revolving motion was associated with some strange kind of magic, which would allow them to predict the future. This observation and relationship with the stars was later called astronomy by the Greeks. Many civilizations began studying astronomy and later on the Arabs begun learning from Aristotle, a Greek philosopher's writings where they learned the science behind nature and the origins of how things on earth existed. The next major advancement in science took place in Florence, Italy, where a painter, Leonardo da Vinci discovered human anatomy, by dissecting the insides of human bodies. He was also very interested in how birds were able to fly.…
In “Space”, Thomas A. Tweed characterizes sacred space as differentiated, interrelated, and kinetic. All of these characteristics can be used to justify Jerusalem as a sacred space. The “Holy Land” does not have the qualities of a “great city”. It is not on route to any important place, it does not have a trading market, nor is it on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. However, it does have a small source of water, the Gihon Spring, which is reason enough to settle anywhere.…
They adopted the arabic numerals and used them in order to make a new math that is today called algebra which is mentioned in document four. This shows the true sophistication that the Islamic possessed because we still use this in school systems today. Not only did the Islamic people invent algebra they also “made advances in trigonometry, astronomy, and mapmaking” (document 5). They used two different tools which helped them with the discoveries of these different advancements and they were the “astrolabe and armillary sphere” (document 5).…
1. The Second Flowering of Islam: The Second Flowering of Islam refers to the rise of the four Islamic Empires which includes the Ottoman Empire, Safavid Empire, Mughal Empire, and Songhay Empire all of which had the goal to spread Islam. We discussed this, because it was a main cause of imperialism, which led to the World Wars. 2.…
Sundiata was a very powerful book. It expresses the story of a Sundiata Keita and his journeys to becoming a hero and founder of the Mali Empire. The story has been told orally for centuries and continues to be passed along in the African American culture. Through this story we are able to see to role of religious beliefs in the African culture. These beliefs include Islamic and indigenous beliefs which have been around for centuries.…
Out of the many prominent Islamic contributors to society, two of the most important are Ibn Al Haytham and Al Zahrawi. Both men lived in separate parts of the world during 900 and 1000 and were leaders in mathematics, anatomy, and other branches of science. Al Haytham developed the first scientific method, which is used by nearly all scientists today, as well as conducted numerous studies on light, the human eye, and astronomy. In contrast, Al Zahrawi was a pioneer in surgery, inventing the first form of catgut internal stitches and insisting that surgeons should be better trained in the medical field. Their accomplishments are still recognized in modern culture, although they are not necessarily always given the credit they deserve.…
The primary hagiographic story of ‘Aziz al Saksawiyya is the one found in the hagiographic work entitled Uns al-Faqir Wa izz al Hakir (the Intimacy of the Sufi and the greatness of the Denigrated) by the Sufi jurist ‘Abd al-Aziz ibn al-khatib who is known by the name of ibn Qunfudh (14th century). As we saw before this hagiographic record is a compilation of saints, Sufis and holy people belonging to Morocco and other Maghrebian countries. It includes only saints who were disciples of the axial saint, Abu Median al-Ghu. Ibn Qunfudh collected his entries from other hagiographic records such as al-Tashawwuf and from narrators.…
They then added their own observation and techniques to build the basics of our modern medicine. They also have invented new architecture designs. They also where the founders of mathematics and they changed the history of all mathematical books. The Muslims invention of medicine and architect and mathematics are historical…