A Golden age is the period in which a specific skill, art, or activity is at its peak. The name originated from early Roman and Greeks poets, who used it to refer to mankind lived in a better time. During the Islamic Golden age engineers and scholars of the Islamic world contributed a big amount of portion to philosophy. Science, math, and technology all played a huge role in the golden ages, by preserving and building upon earlier traditions. Islamic civilization experienced a golden age under the Abbassid Dynasty, which ruled from the mid VIII century until the mid XII century. Under the Abbassids, Islamic culture became a mix of Arab, Persian, Egyptian, and European traditions. The result was an era of an amazing intellectual and cultural …show more content…
The Qur'an also encourages striving to learn as much as possible throughout their lives. The House of wisdom was widely known, It was founded by Al-Ma'mun in Baghdad. It attracted scholars from all continents where they translated a great amount of literature and knowledge to Arabic. They translated Aristotle, Euclid, and important thinkers of ancient Persia, Greece, and Rome. They sought to understand these and organize into Islamic teachings. Islam is a religion for all people from whatever race or background they might be, Islamic civilization is based on a unity which stands completely against any racial or ethnic discrimination. Such major racial and ethnic groups as the Arabs, Turks, Africans, Indians, Chinese and in addition to countless smaller units incorporated Islam and contributed to the building of Islamic civilization. Moreover, Islam was not opposed to learning from the earlier civilizations and embrace their science, learning, and culture into its own world view. Each ethnic and racial group that embraced Islam made its contribution to the one and only, Islamic civilization to which everyone …show more content…
Heavy emphasis was placed on scholarship and learning during the Islamic Golden Age. It was during this time that the first public universities that granted degrees to graduates were founded in Baghdad, and the city welcomed scholars of all nationalities and religions so long as they made significant contributions to their fields. Trigonometry, the scientific method, and early observations that describe a process similar to evolution were some of the accomplishments made during the Islamic Golden