Factors that lead to the excellent of Islamic
Civilisation
ascension of the Abbasid Caliphate
“The ink of a scholar is more holy than the blood of a martyr”, stressing the value and importance of
knowledge.
the transfer of the capital from Damascus to Baghdad
-By the middle of the 8th Century
Muslim world became an intellectual center
In science, philosophy, medicine and education.
established the House of Wisdom in Baghdad
both Muslim and non-Muslim scholars sought to gather all the world’s knowledge
cultures which collected, synthesized and significantly advanced the knowledge gained from all
other ancient civilizations
ancient Roman, Chinese, Indian, Persian, Egyptian, Greek and Byzantine civilizations
Muslims took the best that each system had to offer
ot only streamlined it into a unified scientific model that became the basis of today’s modern science,
but also added to – and expanded greatly on – each distinctive field of study.
Muslim universities of those days led the world in learning and research
hey did not discriminate between different cultures and their collective bases of knowledge, and rarely
banned any discussions of ideologies or cultures because they were deemed “Un-Islamic”