The Golden Age of Islam

"Four reasons why you should visit the Islamic peoples"

If you want to travel and see different parts of the world, one of the best places are the Islamic countries, since due to their costusbres and traditions will learn many new things, besides the style of their structures and buildings is beautiful and you can get away from it the usual constructions in these Islamic people find places and unique stories of its kind, you can also see a different kind of life based on a single religion, which throughout history has been very influential in the world for many reasons, but to be so I'll mostra the 4 most important and I'm sure after reading them to stay with the desire to visit the Islamic culture.

Islamic economy

Islamic economics contributed significantly to the globalization of the economy during the Golden Age of Islam, when the knowledge, trade and economy of many previously isolated regions and civilizations began integrating due to contacts with Muslim explorers, sailors, scholars, traders and travelers. Through this period the economy suffered a drastic change occurring the first capitalist models and new technologies, which are then transferred to medieval Europe thus influencing subsequent Industrial Revolution. The economy in this period was based on three basic aspects:

Muslim Agricultural Revolution

Thanks to economic globalization established by Muslim traders across the Old World, were allowed the dissemination of many plants and farming techniques between different parts of the Islamic world, and the adaptation of plants and techniques from beyond the Islamic world. Some refer to this diffusion of numerous crops as' globalization of agriculture ", which together with the increased mechanization of agriculture, led to an important change in the economy, population distribution, vegetation cover of the land, agricultural production, income, population levels, urban growth, the distribution of the labor force, the auxiliary industry, cooking, nutrition, clothing and numerous other aspects of life in the Islamic world .

Proto-capitalist market

Economists, merchants and traders introduced new innovative business techniques in this period. These innovations included the first public limited companies, credit cards, multinationals, contracts, bills of exchange, international trade and the first long distance commercial companies (mufawada), as limited partnerships (mudaraba), and early forms credit, debit, profit, loss, capital (al-mal), capital accumulation (nama al-mal), trafficking capital, capital expenditures, taxation, checks, promissory notes, trusts (waqf), startup companies, accounts savings, current accounts, pawns, loans, exchange rates, bankers, money changers, accounting, deposits, transfers of rights, double entry accounting, and litigation. Also occurred in the medieval Islamic world trade organizations similar to existing corporations, independent states.

Industrial growth

Muslim engineering in the Islamic world led to a number of innovative industrial uses of hydropower, and early industrial uses of tidal power, wind power and steam power, 39 the use of fossil fuels such as oil, and the first large manufacturing complexes tiraz.40 mill use water mill in the Islamic world VII century, while the use of water mills, horizontal and vertical, IX century at least. They pioneered the use of hydraulic dams for energy production, used to provide additional power to the mills and forklifts.

Intellectual

During the golden age of Islam there were many intellectual contributions. The first three centuries of Abbasid rule are often described as a golden age in which literature, philosophy, theology, mathematics, and the natural sciences flowered, nourished by the encounter of Arab thought and culture with Greco-Roman, Byzantine, Persian, and Indian traditions. The evolution intellectual was based in:

Art

Art in Islam's Golden Age included intricate floral or vine designs on pottery, textiles, paper manuscripts, and even buildings. This decoration is called arabesques. Geometric designs were very important as well, such as what you see in this door image. Certain materials were valued over others, and the wood used to decorate this door shown here was a sign of wealth. Pottery decorated with gold or silver was also prized. Muhammad's teachings included a restriction against using human figures to represent their faith, so you do not see many people in Islamic art.

Literature

Perhaps you have heard of Sinbad or Aladdin? These characters were passed down from One Thousand and One Nights, commonly referred to in English as Arabian Nights, which is a collection of Arabian short stories. Some of the originals in the collection came from other cultures. Rumi (1207–1273) is one of the most famous poets of all time and lived toward the end of the Abbasid Caliphate. His poems expressed his love and devotion for his faith. Many people today interpret them as love poems. Ibn Rushd (1126–1198), also known as Averroes, worked for many years to translate and preserve the works of Aristotle. He also wrote extensively on religion and philosophy. Calligraphers produced beautiful illuminated manuscripts of the Qur'an and other works, such as the pages shown here.

Architecture

The detail of Islamic architecture has complex designs. Patterns and arabesques appear on buildings just as they do in smaller artwork. The buildings tended to be simple on the outside but ornate from floor to ceiling inside. Stucco, stone, and wood were used for decoration. Famous buildings include the Alhambra, the Umayyad palace in Spain, as well as the Dome of the Rock, a shrine in Jerusalem.Buildings of great significance to Islam like these often had special decoration on the outside as well. The interior image is from the Alhambra, showing the use of archways, geometric patterns, and attention to detail. The outside image of the Dome of the Rock shows how building design provided maximum privacy to those inside.

Science

Sciences advanced in many directions during the Islamic Golden Age. Arabic numerals, adapted from Hindu, and the idea of zero made algebra possible. Al-Khwarizmi wrote an algebra textbook that was the standard for centuries.His birth and death years are uncertainbut estimated to be about 780–850 CE. The recovery of ancient Greek works revived work in geometry and astronomy. Ibn al-Haytham

(965–1040CE), also known as Alhazen, is credited with being the first "scientist." He conducted experiments that would inspire the process of the scientific method. He explained how eyesight works in his Book of Optics, in 1021.

Medicine

Advances in medicine included the anatomy text of Al-Zahrawi (936–1013 CE). His work was translated into Latin.It became the standard medical text in Europe for centuries. Ibn Sina (980–1037 CE), also known as Avicenna, wrote the Canon, a medical textbook that had the same success. Avicenna is also famous for his encyclopedias of philosophy, work that has inspired centuries of debate both inside and outside Islamic society. The most famous doctor of the Golden Age, though, was probably Al-Razi (864–930 CE). He wrote about 200 books on medicine and practiced at the famous Muqtadari Hospital in Baghdad. He wrote about diseases like smallpox and chicken pox and was a skilled surgeon. Al-Razi experimented with potential cures for ailments, including using foods for healing. He was also a chemist, especially in his later years. Hundreds of hospitals were established throughout the Islamic Empire.

Islamic political

The caliphate represents the political unity of the entire community of Muslim faithful ruled by a single caliph. In theory, the organization of a caliphate should be a constitutional theocracy, (the Constitution being the Constitution of Medina), which means that the head of state, the Caliph, and other officials are representatives of the people and of Islam and must govern according to constitutional and religious law, or Sharia.

Islamic law and Spread of Arabic. As the Abbasid armies continued to spread the borders, more groups of people came under Islamic control. Islamic law was universal throughout the empire. Arabic was the official language of the empire. As more people learned Arabic, it was easier to communicate. Trade increased throughout the caliphate and beyond, with goods and information changing hands over long distances. Information from different cultures blended in the empire.

Islamic society

In Islam, every member of society has a set of rights and duties. A human being who accepts this religion is required to orient their lives in accordance with these rules. Islamic society was very heterogeneous and uneven. Lived people belonging to different religions (Muslims, Jews and Christians) and coming from different ethnicities.

The essence of the Islamic city is the "enduring combination of the efforts of every man to submit to the will of the divine lawgiver and communal framework that helps and support in that effort." The link between the individual and the social whole in Islam is so strong that the task of individual redemption "encompasses ipso facto the sacralization of the social" within their frames. The salvation of each one depends on those around him as much as the circumstances that you are more or less favorable.

The tradition is that Muhammad himself formulated the principle of ijma or consensus of believers, which is manifested in Muslim law in the form of a collective status called "sufficiency duty". For he is a Muslim exempted from any legal duty required if a sufficient number of faithful suprimírselo agrees. The individual, however, does not dissolve in the community. The law of Islam is that a man with his behavior only commit himself and, in his day, only he will appear before the Supreme Court to answer for their actions. However, the nature of men equal before God and identically dependent and subject to the obligations that the law engenders, has led to the definition of the Muslim community as an "egalitarian theocracy".

The strong sense of social cohesion that accompanied the high degree of integration of traditional Muslim societies owes much to the socio-religious values that guided the lives of individuals and their communities.

Now you have an idea of what the Islamic peoples, and after seeing what they have done throughout history and know that they had a very prosperous period as the golden age of Islam, you can not let go, because you would lose too the opportunity to visit luegares like these: