What the Ancients Did for Us Islamic Civilization

The rise of Islam is one of the most important events in world history. In the 7th century, Mohammed's intention was to unite the divided Arabs through a new religion. A century after his death, he'd succeeded in producing a medieval superpower. The Arabs and Moors had spread through Spain towards the Pyrenees. Cordoba became renowned as one of the greatest and wealthiest cities in Europe. Moorish cities such as Toledo and Seville were famed for their new culture and universities.

The first What The Ancients Did For Us program explores the Muslim contribution to the western world - in art, architecture, astronomy, medicine, science, and learning.

The early Muslims are credited with inventing distillation and could distill just about anything - from alcohol to perfume. Hygiene is very important in the Muslim world so they invented and manufactured soap - centuries before the West - and hundreds of bathhouses were built throughout Muslim cities. They understood the fundamentals of light and how we see, and gave us the camera obscure. They invented algebra and worked out the angle of the tilt of the earth. They built the first windmill, pioneered the concept of the crank rod, and designed the first ever torpedo. Muslim creativity also led to the invention of a unique instrument called the astrolabe -- it could find the direction of Mecca, tell the time and, with the help of the stars, navigate you across deserts and oceans. But perhaps most important of all they pursued the cause of knowledge, translating and preserving the works of the ancients and building the world's largest libraries -- their 'houses of wisdom'.

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[FrozenPetrolPie]

@masterslaveish @masterslaveish That's false. Its true that the Muslims grew mighty in that great period but it had nothing to do with Islam. During the period 800-1200 the Muslim world was more open and less dogmatically religious then it was before and after that great period. The authority of Islam was actually weakened during that time.

Its no coincidence that when the western world similarly took a step out of dogmatic religion and towards secularism it received its great period.

[FrozenPetrolPie]

@masterslaveish That's false. Its true that the Muslims grew mighty in that great period but it had nothing to do with Islam. During the period 800-1200 the Muslim world was more open and less dogmatically religious then it was before and after that great period. The authority of Islam was actually weakened during that time.

Its no coincidence that when the western world similarly took a step out of dogmatic religion and towards secularism it received its great period.

[masterslaveish]

@FrozenPetrolPie The problem is not in believing literally in the Quran, the problem is that people forgot their religion and the taughts of our prophet... when they were pious and real muslims, they grew mighty in that great period.

[TheAlexagius]

@FrozenPetrolPie i know it is sad the middle east was once great look at it now killing each other

[FrozenPetrolPie]

It is so sad to se how far the muslim world has fallen from that great period 800-1200. Today the Muslim world is a scientific vacuum, Muslims now don't even accept evolution and they believe literally in what the Quran says.

[MadXMax187]

OMG that missile at the end was amazing. Excellent program

[APES2L8]

Bravo