HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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the introduction of a movable-type printing press
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the creation of a unified body of Islamic and Christian law
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the preservation and translation of Greek and Roman texts
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the development of the Cyrillic alphabet for Slavic languages
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Muslim period in Spain is often described as a ‘golden age’ of learning where libraries, colleges, public baths were established and literature, poetry and architecture flourished. Both Muslims and non-Muslims made major contributions to this flowering of culture.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the High Middle Ages, the Islamic world was at its cultural peak, supplying information and ideas to Europe, via Al-Andalus, Sicily and the Crusader kingdoms in the Levant. These included Latin translations of the Greek Classics and of Arabic texts in astronomy, mathematics, science, and medicine.
Detailed explanation-3: -Islamic contributions to Medieval Europe were numerous, affecting such varied areas as art, architecture, medicine, agriculture, music, language, education, law, and technology. From the 11th to the 13th century, Europe absorbed knowledge from the Islamic civilization.
Detailed explanation-4: -One of the Islamic world’s most significant contributions to modern science was the translation of mathematical, medical, and astronomical texts from their original languages into Arabic.
Detailed explanation-5: -Islam’s golden age in science, technology and intellectual culture spanned about 500 years, from the ninth until the 14th centuries. Muslim achievements in these areas greatly influenced the European Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries, as well as the birth of modern scientific method in the 17th century.