Yesterday I went to the 'The Golden Age of Arabic Science' exhibition, hosted by the King Saud University in Riyadh. For most westerners, and indeed for many Arabs, the achievements of Arabic-language science from the eighth through the 16th century come as a startling discovery. In mathematics, astronomy, medicine, optics, cartography, physics and chemistry, Arabic science was centuries ahead of Europe. Centers for scientific research emerged in baghdad, Cairo, Damascus, Samarkand, Shiraz, Bukhara, Isfahan, Toledo, Cordoba, Granada and Istanbul.
Due to decline, however, little has been left over of this flourishing period.
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