HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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attempts to colonize North America
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frequent conflicts between Christians and Jews
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advances in mathematics, science, and medicine
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policies to reduce trade between the Middle East and China
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the Abbasid Caliphate, the Islamic Empire greatly contributed to advancements in many fields, including literature, philosophy, science, medicine, mathematics, and art. This period is known as the Islamic Golden Age and lasted from 790-1258.
Detailed explanation-2: -Islamic scientists in the 10th century were involved in three major mathematical projects: the completion of arithmetic algorithms, the development of algebra, and the extension of geometry.
Detailed explanation-3: -Islamic mathematicians such as Al-Khwarizmi, Avicenna and Jamshīd al-Kāshī made advances in algebra, trigonometry, geometry and Arabic numerals. Islamic doctors described diseases like smallpox and measles, and challenged classical Greek medical theory.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Islamic Golden Age, spanning the 8th to the 15th Centuries, saw many great advances in science, as Islamic scholars gathered knowledge from across the known world and added their own findings.