The Islamic Golden Age was a period of cultural, scientific and economic flourishing in the Islamic world, traditionally dated from about the 8th century to the Mongol sack of Baghdad in 1258. Under the Abbasid caliphs, Baghdad became a center of learning, where scholars in the House of Wisdom translated Greek, Persian and Indian works into Arabic and added their own discoveries. Al-Khwarizmi advanced algebra, Ibn al-Haytham worked on optics, and Ibn Sina wrote the Canon of Medicine, which was used in Europe for centuries. Advances were also made in astronomy, chemistry, geography and architecture across a world stretching from Spain to Central Asia. Historians debate when it began and ended, and how far it declined before 1258.
Before and after
- from 8th century to 13th centuryHouse of Wisdom
- 8th centuryConstruction of Borobudur Temple
- from 800 CE to 1540Muisca Confederations
- from 8th century to 10th centuryCarolingian art
- from 800 CE to 1258Islamic Golden Age
- 8th centuryOrigins of Pattadakal Group of Monuments
- 801 CEBirth of Al-Kindi
- 9th centuryConstruction of Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
- 9th centuryConstruction of Vézelay Abbey
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The era
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