An Opinion article from The New York Times website, about the Scholars from the Muslim Civilisation that Inspired Spinoza, Locke and Defoe, written by Mustafa Akyol
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Video: How Arabic Influenced Languages Around the World
Alcohol, soda and sugar, what do they have in common, they are bad for you, but also they are all derived from Arabic, the words...
On the Coffee Trail
Coffee is a global industry and the second-largest commodity-based product; only oil beats it.
A Candlestick Base Sold for £6.6 million ($9.1 million)?
A 13th-century candlestick broke Sotheby's record at auction for an object from the Islamic art world when it sold after a 25-minute bidding contest
The Day a Plate Sold for £5.4 ($6.9) Million
An Exceptionally Rare Ottoman Dish - 15th Century Iznik Charger
Translation Movement
How translation of medical knowledge helped feed its development
Arabic Astronomy Manuscript Resurrected
EuroNews.com: Images of the Fixed Stars: Ancient astronomy manuscript resurrected by Uzbek heritage initiative
The Art of More by Michael Brooks
How Mathematics Created Civilisation: Bestselling science writer Michael Brooks takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of civilisation, as he explains why maths is fundamental to our understanding of the world.
Top 7 ingenious Clocks from Muslim Civilisation that defied the Middle Ages
TIME TELLING MACHINES: Revealing 7 marvellous mechanical and water-powered clocks from early Muslim Civilisation. These sophisticated devices that defied the Middle Ages.
Major Works on Nature and the Environment from a Thousand Years Ago
The World Environment Day, celebrated annually since 1972, has grown to become one of the main vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and encourages political attention and action.
Ibn Sina’s ‘Canon’ book, a medical reference in Europe for 500 years!
Ibn Sina, or Avicenna, lived in Hamadan and Jurjan from 980 to 1037 CE, and acquired great fame in mediaeval European medicine. His encyclopaedic book Al Qanun Fi Al-Tibb (The Canon of Medicine) was translated into Latin at the end of the 12th century CE, and became a reference source for medical studies in the universities of Europe for 500 years!
Keep your distance – health lessons from the history of pandemics
From a simple cold to a serious illness, humans have always lived with the risk of catching diseases from one another. Pandemics affecting millions are fortunately rare, but the bubonic plague of the 14th century and the 1918 influenza outbreak have left a dark shadow on history.