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MUSLIM ACHIEVEMENTS Astronomy Used astronomy to better understand time and clock making Improved the astrolabe Geography Explorers like Ibn Battutah made more accurate maps Al-Idrisi – he collected information about the world Math They combined Indian and Greek ideas with their own. “Arabic numerals” 2x + 4 Invented algebra Philosophy Sufism – a philosophy that teaches that people can find God’s love by having a personal relationship with Him – celebrated their love for God through dance (whirling dervishes) Literature Omar Khayyam – Sufi poet, wrote the Rubaiyat Short stories – A Thousand and One Nights (Alladin, Sinbad) Architecture Art form Mosques – have a dome and a minaret (narrow tower from Muslims are called to prayer) Art Usually does not show animals or humans Created calligraphy – decorative writing Turned Quran verses into great works of art Medicine Tests for doctors Made encyclopedia of drugs Wrote description of diseases Stared the first pharmacy
