Erica Ellis October 10, 2010 HIS 240 Islamic Contribution to Western Civilization What is western civilization?

Western civilization has been come to be un erstoo b! some as technolo"icall! a vance civilizations in Euro#e$ However, when it comes to Euro#ean technolo"! an a vancement, man! o% those i eas come out o% #laces that are not consi ere b! man! to be a western societ!$ &he Islamic culture was one o% these$ Islamic societ! in%luence scienti%ic, humanistic an cultural contributions to the West$ &he 'Islamicization o% the West( is a term use b! )achi a El *iwani to iscuss the assimilation o% Islamic Culture into non+Islamic areas with the %ull acce#tance o% those who were a a#tin" to those cultural i eas$ &he i eas move throu"h the me ieval worl an were assiste b! ,uslim occu#anc! in S#ain$ &he i eas an wa!s o% li%e continue in the southern areas o% S#ain$ Science an math was a lar"e #art o% western culture urin" the -"e o% E.#loration an the Scienti%ic )evolutions, thou"h much o% it was %rom Islamic i eas$ &he scienti%ic metho came out o% their i eas$ &heir in uctive reasonin" #revaile in areas o% scienti%ic thou"ht$ &he /ree0 wa!s o% science an thou"ht were brou"ht to Euro#e later b! -rabs$ &he #hiloso#h! o% the Islamic worl was able to o#en u# new thou"ht to Euro#e$ &he i ea to loo0 outsi e o% the teachin"s o% the Catholic Church to %in 0nowle "e in what was thou"ht to be ar0 came %rom the scholars o% Islam$ 1ohn W!cli%%e imitate ,uslim thou"ht when he calle %or the re%orm o% the church$1
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,o ern mathematics comes mostl! out o% Islamic science an thou"ht$ &he ,uslim mathematician -4+0hwarismi, or 0nown to the 4atin worl as -l"orismus is the %ather o% al"ebra$2 -%ter him came even more #eo#le to ma0e "reat stri es in the %iel s o% math$ Wor0in" o%% o% the #recious wor0s o% the /ree0 mathematicians, the! evelo#e tri"onometr! an "eometr!$ &he! also re#lace calculus o% chor s with calculus o% tri"onometr!$5 &he %irst star catalo" since the one create b! 6tolem! was written b! #eo#le o% the Islamic worl $ 7ot onl! i astronomer -l 8iruni h!#othesize a heliocentric s!stem, which woul not be intro uce to Euro#e until Co#ernicus, but that the #lanets revolve aroun the sun in an elli#tical #attern as o##ose to circular orbit$4 ,e icine was an area in which the ,uslim culture e.celle $ ,uch o% the me ical a vances an techni9ues the! evelo#e have been stu ie b! scientists o% the West until the 1:th centur! an are still #ractice in some #arts o% the worl to a!$ 3 Even the ,uslim te.t, the ;uran, s#o0e o% me icine$ ,uslim in%luence in S#ain brou"ht a vance a"riculture to the re"ions o% Euro#e$ Water conservation an movement was im#ortant to their irri"ation #ractices$< ,an! wor s that eal

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with irri"ation an a"riculture in the S#anish lan"ua"e erive %rom the -rabic wor s %or those techni9ues such as #ool, itch, bri "e an sewer$= E ucation was ver! much in%luence %rom Islamic culture$ Colle"es an reli"ious schools came out o% their culture$ One o% these was ,a rasa, an en owe colle"e which meant it receive mone! to run %rom #rivate #eo#le$> Stu ents were tau"ht "rammar, lo"ic, rhetoric an com#osition as well as the /ree0 sub?ects o% #hiloso#h!, me icine, mathematics an ethics$: Islamic societ! contribute in man! wa!s to the culture o% the Western Worl $ &he! are to be cre ite %or their a vancements in science an in li%e$ &he revolutions o% thou"ht an science we stu ! in Euro#e come ver! much %rom what we have learne %rom the Islamic culture$

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