FIVE MUSLIM INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD: 1. Coffee: Very few people know of the Muslim origins of this ubiquitous drink. According to the historical record, in the 1400s coffee became a very popular drink in Yemen, in the southern Arabian Peninsula. 2. Algebra: It was developed by the great scientist and mathematician, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khawarizmi, who lived from 780 to 850 in Persia and Iraq. 3. Degree-Granting Universities: Speaking of universities, that is also an invention made possible by the Muslim world. Al-Karaouine, founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri in Fes, Morocco. At al-Karaouine, students were taught by teachers for a number of years in a variety of subjects of secular and religious sciences. At the end of the program, if the teachers deemed their students qualified, they would grant them a certificate known as an ijaza. These first degree-granting educational institutes quickly spread throughout the world. 4. Military Marching Bands: Its origins in the Ottoman mehter bands of the 1300s that helped make the Ottoman army one of the most powerful in the world. Armies all over Europe soon began implementing marching military bands, revolutionizing the way war was fought in Europe for centuries. 5. Cameras: It’s hard to imagine a world without photography. Billion dollar companies from Instagram to Canon are based on the idea of capturing light from a scene, creating an image from it, and reproducing that image. But doing so is impossible without the trailblazing work of the 11th century Muslim scientist, Ibn al-Haytham, who developed the field of optics and described how the first cameras work. (From Muslim Mirror)
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 03:17:55 +0000
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