Islam Dbq Essay

After the classical period the Islamic civilization showed an advancement in a variety of different aspects of their culture. They adopted a lot of it from earlier civilizations but had had a massive contribution on their part. The effect of this is that the Muslim culture and intellectual ideas were very long lasting. The achievements of the Islamic empires contributed to the development of their Golden Age. The Islamic empire valued education to help their people to have good knowledge and be successful. In Document 2 it states “...Arab statisticians assure us the city boasted 37 libraries, numberless bookstores, 800 public schools...and a total population of 300,000.” This shows that they really valued education so people can be smart. Allah valued education so he told Muhammad to teach education and to value it as well. In Document 1 it says “The faithful… relied on mathematicians and astronomers to calculate the times of prayer and the direction of Mecca…” Everybody relies on the educated to help them to get where they want

In Document 3 “For early 500 years, al Quasim’s work The Method, which contained original drawings of some 200 medical tools, was the foremost textbook on surgery in Europe.” These books originated with the Muslims and told the doctors every medical treatment they need to know every patient. If they could not remember it they would just refer back to the book. They used this method for about 500 years and it spread from civilization to civilization. This contribution was really helpful and successful. This set the stage for medicine for a long time to come. Using there advancements in education they became successful in the medical field. These achievements shaped the post classical period by giving the future doctors a basis on how and protect people. As seen in this article medicine was very important and was necessary for the Muslim Golden