During the Golden Age of Islam there were many Muslim women who were impactful to society such as Sutayta Al-Mahmali, Zaynab Al-Sahdha, Fatima Al-Fihri and Al-Liijiya Astrulabi. It took place from 700 AD to 1400 and was the height of the Muslim empire when the most innovating and creating was happening. Many Muslim scholars were impacting, affecting and creating the beginnings of modern devices that are still used today. They created algorithms to math problems, impacted modern medicine and had new views on astronomy. Not many of the scholars were women but the ones that were contributed just as much as the ones that weren’t. Sutayta Al-Mahmali was an educated and impactful woman. She was raised by her parents and wealthy family in Baghdad during the second half of the 10th century. At the time, Baghdad was the heart of the Golden Age, where many skilled scholars were innovating and creating. Many people in her family were also smart and highly educated people such as her father who was a judge and an author of multiple books and her uncle who was Hadith scholar. Sutayta’s strengths included literature, Hadith, jurisprudence …show more content…
She grew up in Fez, Morrocco in an educated family. Fez was another Muslim metropolis at the time. Growing up here helped and encouraged her to succeed. She attended a school where she received a highly cherished education. She learned Fiqh and Hadith. She inherited money from her father which she then continued to donate to the building of the Qarawiyin mosque. The mosque was established in 859 AD and was built for her community, in her community. A few years later she built and created the world’s first university. Within the university, Islamic Studies, astronomy, languages and sciences were taught. This university created an example for higher and more advanced learning. Arabic numbers were spread to Europe by this university and impacted education around the