History of Science: Antiquity to 1700

The Rise of Islam and Islamic Science (1x14)

Yayınlanma tarihi: Oca 01, 2003

The origin of Islam in the early 7th century and its rapid spread across Asia, Africa, and into Latin Europe gave rise to a vibrant civilization that eagerly adopted and extended Greek natural philosophical and other thought. This lecture outlines the rise of Islam, why Greek science was valued by early Muslims, and the institutional and social features that encouraged the translation of Greek texts into Arabic.