Mathematics in medieval Islam

was a child and was probably due to his father’s career as a Pisan merchant (Hom, 2013). His travels were extensive to his father’s trade and during his life time mathematics was extremely important (Hom, 203). Fibonacci introduced the Hindu-Arabic number system to the Italians where it was rejected due to the affiliation with Islam (Fibonacci, n.d.). The Italians preferred the Roman numeral system (Fibonacci, n.d.) It was not until the fifteenth century that the Hindu-Arabic number…

In the fifth and sixth centuries AD, previous to the rise of Islam, the clans of the Arabian Peninsula played only minimal part in what was already a highly developed and complex culture, dominated by the two great superpowers of the era, which were the Byzantines and Sasanian Empire. Islamic art was vastly influenced by the Byzantines and Sasanians Empire. Between, 750 to 1500 the Islamic world developed and perfected some of the old techniques that were initially used by the Romans like the…

Great’s conquest, and mathematics developed and flourished in India roughly between 400 and 1200 A.D., which the book describes as “superior, in everything except geometry, to that of the Greeks.” This interested me because India’s mathematical age seems to get far less attention historically. As with the Greeks, India’s mathematical Golden Age also had intellectual giants, Hindu mathematicians Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, Mahavira, and Bhaskara. In particular, Indian mathematics was intimately…

Part A. II. The decline of the Ghaznavids and the rise of the Seljuk empire, 1040-1200 The sultan-caliph relationship was established when the Turks entered Islam. They did not abolish the Caliphate, by replaced it with a new institution, the Sultanate. It was in the second half of the eleventh century that a third nation was added to the Islam empire. The Turks first entered the Caliphate four hundred years earlier when they were brought in as slaves or adventurers serving as soldiers.…

traders and unmanly, not virtuous, and unfair. Document three (Depiction of Saint Godric), overall has a positive view of exchanging goods. The british merchant suggest that becoming a trader is a good career, as they learn helpful skills like mathematics. Evidence is, “ the merchant's trade began to follow the peddler’s way of life”. Document 4 ( Pope Innocent lll: License to Venice to Trade), he stresses the negative affect trade had on cities. The Pope believes that people became too…

of the three great, original periods in the history of logic [and] the peculiarly medieval contributions to logic were developed and cultivated to a very high degree. It was no longer a matter of interpreting Aristotle, or commenting on the works of the “Old Logic” or the “New Logic”; wholly new genres of logical writing sprang up, and entirely new logical and semantic notions were developed. (p. 16) Thus, Medieval philosophy, and the beliefs of Eriugena, certainly appear to have launched the…

The two most intertwined civilizations in history is Islam and the west. In fourth century B.C. Alexander the great conquered Asia Minor and founded Alexandria. He was able to migrate Greek philosophy and science into that part of the world. Muslim philosophy was a major influence on western thought. On the…

Born at Oporto on March 4, 1394, Henry was the third son of John I of Portugal and Philippa of Lancaster. He grew to maturity at a time when John I was bringing to a close a confused period of civil strife and war with Castile and securing Portugal's independence. The conflicts of this period had left the nobility decimated and impoverished and the monarchy's revenues greatly depreciated. Thus the ruling families began to look abroad for new worlds of wealth, land, and honors to conquer. John…

poetry. A great part of Spain's influences still lives with us today. During the eighth century, Europeans were still living in the Medieval Period. Typical townspeople lived in unruly conditions and had an undeveloped government and commercial economy. Around this same time, the Moors began to enter Europe from the south. The moors made great advancements in mathematics, physics, chemistry, botany, astronomy, and medicine. They even introduced the first rifle mechanisms called the "fire sticks"…

Likewise to the Ottomans, the Safavids economic strength derived from trading routes and its location. Constant rivalries with its neighbours including the Ottomans and Mughals were due to mostly sectarian tension between Shi’a and Sunni Islam. They were known for their unifying spirits that influenced part of their control power and encouraged contact with the west affecting European art and literature. The capital Isfahan, like Istanbul signified the empires cultural greatness through…