The Golden age of Islam Flashcards
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What were some of Galen’s Ideas
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- believed in a divine creator like Plato
- emphasized direct observation, and that previous ideas should be critically tested
- trained in the hippocratic methods, furthered humoral theory
2
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Constantinople preserved ____ ______, and built a link between ____ _____ and the ____ _____ ____ _____
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Constantinople preserved ancient knowledge, and built a link between ancient greeks and the golden age of islam
3
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what was the bridge that conserved/passed on knowledge between Green and the Renaissance?
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Islamic scholars during the Golden age of Islam
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Why was there such a flourishing of scientific discovery during the Golden age of Islam?
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- Geography–> Islam spread even further than Alexander had, and was able to gather immense volumes of knowledge and ideas
- The Qur’an–> The qur’an encouraged the study of nature and promoted seeking knowledge
- Abbasid empire and translation –> Abbasid empire was united under one language, and translated lots of other cultures information into Arabic
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Who was Calyph al-Ma’mum?
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- a liberal in Baghdad during Abbasid Caliphate
- was very passionate about inquiry and open questioning
- he accelerated the translation movement
- established the ‘house of wisdom’
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What are some of the effects of translating knowledge from widely separate cultures into a common language?
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- Encounters competing and conflicting ideas! Even if many cultures ask the same question, not all will arrive at the same realization.
- Causes scholars to come up with methods on how to distinguish competing theories and an experimental method. Evidence/data trumps all.
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Who was Ibn Sina?
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- Persian scholar
- write “the book of healing” and “the canon of science” which were standard medical texts for decades
- described scientific methods of enquiry
- emphasized experimentation as a stronger method than just induction
