What happened to the Arabs?

What happened to the Arabs?

By Gerald Internet Anthropologist Think Tank

03.05.09

The inventions listed here were developed during the Islamic 

Golden Age, which is usually dated from the 7th to 15th centuries.

• 1 Chemical industries
  • 1.1 Chemical processes
  • 1.2 Chemical substances
  • 1.3 Food and drink
  • 1.4 Glass industry
  • 1.5 Military technology
  • 1.6 Oil industry
  • 1.7 Pottery
• 2 Civil engineering
  • 2.1 Architecture
  • 2.2 Industrial milling
• 3 Cosmetics
  • 3.1 Hygiene
  • 3.2 Perfumery
• 4 Institutions
  • 4.1 Medical institutions
• 5 Mechanical technology
  • 5.1 Pumps
  • 5.2 Robotics
• 6 Medical products
  • 6.1 Drugs and medications
  • 6.2 Surgical instruments
• 7 Navigational technology
  • 7.1 Instruments
  • 7.2 Transport
  • 7.3 Aviation
• 8 Scientific instruments
  • 8.1 Analog computers
  • 8.2 Laboratory apparatus
  • 8.3 Mural instruments
  • 8.4 Optical instruments
  • 8.5 Other instruments
• 9 Timekeeping devices
  • 9.1 Astronomical clocks
  • 9.2 Clocks with gears and escapements
  • 9.3 Dials
  • 9.4 Water clocks
  
  
  Other Arab contributions.
  
  

  The Greek legacy

  Arabisation and Islamisation

  Do you speak Arabic without realising it?!
  

  From Baghdad to Cordova

  Literature and poetry

  Fine Art

  Caligraphy and illumination
  Arabesques
  Geographical ornamentation
  Architecture

  Mathematics and astronomy

  Medecine

  Physics and chemistry

  Philosophy

  
  

  And then we have Ossama Bin Laden,

  India had Gandi

  USA had Martin Luther King

  And Islam has Bin Laden.

  Bin Laden is a Shame on Islamic history.

  
  

  Gerald

  Anthropologist

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