Contributions of the Islamic World to Sciences

Contributions of the Islamic World to Sciences

1. Produced practical, intellectual benefits

   • Produced observational instruments that greatly reduced margin for error
     • Predicting seasonal landmarks for succesful cultivation of crops
     • Accurately navigate on land or sea
     • Lead to invention of better instrument for Astronomy

2. Collected valuable informations all over the world lost during the "Dark Age"

   • Expanded knowledge through birth of Trigonometry, Geometry, Navigation, Cartography, Instrument- making
     • Toledan tables, Sabian tables were made
     • Discovery of the Andromeda Galaxy
     • Explanation of the Parallax

3. Al- Ma'mun

   • Built the first formal observatory
     • Inspired Muslim astronomers
       • Al - Battani
       • al - Farghani
       • al - Zarqali
     • Lead to a significant progress in Astronomy, Navigation, Mathematics and Sciences

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