Mathematics in medieval Islam or sometimes referred to as Islamic mathematicsmathematicsIslamic world between 622 and 1600, in the part of the world where Islam was the dominant religion. Islamic science and mathematics flourished under the Islamic caliph
Mathematics in medieval Islam or sometimes referred to as Islamic mathematicsmathematicsIslamic world between 622 and 1600, in the part of the world where Islam was the dominant religion. Islamic science and mathematics flourished under the Islamic caliphate (also known as the Islamic Empire) established across the Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa, Sicily, the Iberian Peninsula, and in parts of France and India in the 8th century. The center of Islamic mathematics was located in Persia (including eastern part of present-day Iraq), but at its greatest extent stretched from North Africa and Spain in the west and to India in the east. is a term used in the history of mathematics that refers to the developed in the
While most scientists in this period were Muslims and wrote in Arabic, a great portion and many of the best known of the contributors were of Persian but there were also Berbers, Arabs, Moors, Turks, and sometimes different religions (Muslims, Christians, Jews, Sabians, Zoroastrians, irreligious).. Arabic was the dominant language—much like Latin in Medieval Europe, Arabic was used as the chosen written language of most scholars throughout the Islamic world. origin
Use of the term "Islam"
"There have been many civilizations in human history, almost all of which were local, in the sense that they were defined by a region and an ethnic group. This applied to all the ancient civilizations of the Middle East—Egypt, Babylon, Persia; to the great civilizations of Asia—India, China; and to the civilizations of Pre-Columbian America. There are two exceptions: Christendom and Islam. These are two civilizations defined by religion, in which religion is the primary defining force, not, as in India or China, a secondary aspect among others of an essentially regional and ethnically defined civilization. Here, again, another word of explanation is necessary."
"In English we use the word “Islam” with two distinct meanings, and the distinction is often blurred and lost and gives rise to considerable confusion. In the one sense, Islam is the counterpart of Christianity; that is to say, a religion in the strict sense of the word: a system of belief and worship. In the other sense, Isl