the islamic world and medival europe

Question 1

5 developemental stages of islam ic science

Answer 1

1. awareness of ancient learning
2. translations
3. assimilation- what you learn is incorporated into world view
4. new inquiry
5. revolutionary thinking - many people think it did not reach this point

Question 2

what 3 aspects of islamic civilization encouraged the developement of science

Answer 2

• islamic expansion: openness to other cultures and ancient learning
• muhammed and the Quaran welcomed education and inquiry into nature
• the wealth and unity of islamic civilization supported the activities of a secular intellectual class

Question 3

scholars collected remains of classical learning, translated, commented and built on them

Answer 3

• scrolls from the library of alexandria
• byzantine libraries with greek works
• construction of paper making plant in Baghdad

Question 4

4 primary strengths of islam

Answer 4

mathmatics, optics, chemistry, medicine

Question 5

what strength did islam have over greek science

Answer 5

they were more focused on experiment

Question 6

alchemy

Answer 6

• transformation and mytery, combines science and metaphysics
• give people wealth and longevity (gold and elixr)

Question 7

philosophers stone

Answer 7

type of catalyst to assist in. conversion of base metals to gold
- found many helpful things in the process of looking for the philosophers stone such as apparatus, glassware, distillation, solution, precipitation

Question 8

islamic medicine

Answer 8

over 300 writers

- contributed medical encyclopedism and the preperation and use of drugs

Question 9

avicenna

Answer 9

greatest islamic intellect

• physician, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer, physicist and poet
• turned his back on natural healing

Question 10

what was avicennas most important book

Answer 10

canon of medicine (5 books)

• incorporated all he knew about international medicine
• combined medicine with Aritstotles philosophy

Question 11

avicennas medicine

Answer 11

• stressed diagnosis, symptoms and and disease names

- discussed 650 compound drugs

Question 12

ibn an-Nafis

Answer 12

questionated Galen on blood movement

- proposed pulmonary circulation

Question 13

human dissection

Answer 13

permitted in the 13th century

Question 14

most famous hospitals

Answer 14

Baghdad, damascus and cairo

Question 15

who was equal to galen in europe

Answer 15

avicenna

Question 16

where did modern chemistry come from

Answer 16

islamic alchemy