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An academic paper focusing on trade/geography and how it helped spread Islam around the world using trade routes that were already in place. These…

Islam's compatibility with science is not surprising, as generally Islam is a pretty tolerant religion. During its initial spread and conquer of the…

This period marked a rise in Islamic militarism, but did not mean a decline in scientific and architectural innovation. Instead, as shown by sites…

While Europe plunged into their "dark ages", Islam rose into their golden age, making an extraordinary amount of progress both as a religion and…

Something cool about the Dome of the Rock is that its design is not necessarily a unique Islamic style, but rather heavily influenced by Byzantine and…

This period was a time of questioning and development. As Islam grew, so did their influence, and their recognition as scientific and architectural…

Islam, science, and architecture are heavily intertwined. Although some believe the misconception that many Muslims tried to distance themselves from…

Contributed to the foundation of algebra, specifically finding root solutions for cubic equations. He also solved the parallel axiom from Euclid's…

Al Biruni was born on September 4th, 973 in the Gregorian calendar/Dhul Qidah 29, 362 in the Hijiri calendar. He was born and lived in Khwarezm…

al-Razi believed reason was the most important, even above religion. As a result of this, he was thought of as infamous, but not persecuted harshly…