WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What technology arrived from China that helped science to flourish in the Islamic Empire?
A
Gunpowder
B
Paper
C
Compass
D
Kites
E
Hot air balloons
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -At the same time, paper technology was introduced from China, allowing for the production of books. Large libraries were built in cities throughout the Muslim empire helping technology and knowledge to be shared between scholars.

Detailed explanation-2: -Islamic scientific achievements encompassed a wide range of subject areas, especially astronomy, mathematics, and medicine. Other subjects of scientific inquiry included alchemy and chemistry, botany and agronomy, geography and cartography, ophthalmology, pharmacology, physics, and zoology.

Detailed explanation-3: -A few of the defining inventions of the Islamic Golden Age are algebra, surgery and the toothbrush. Q: Who would be considered one of the most important figures of the Islamic Golden Age? Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi was one of the most important scientists of the Islamic Golden Age.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cutting-edge science in the Middle East Muslim rulers promoted the translation of Greek philosophy and science texts, and then encouraged further scientific exploration in numerous fields, among them mathematics, astronomy, medicine, pharmacology, optics, chemistry, botany, philosophy, and physics.

Detailed explanation-5: -Surgery. Around the year 1, 000, the celebrated doctor Al Zahrawi published a 1, 500 page illustrated encyclopedia of surgery that was used in Europe as a medical reference for the next 500 years. Coffee. Flying machine. University. Algebra. Optics. Music. Toothbrush. More items •29-Jan-2010

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