The Great Inventors (and their inventions) of the Golden Age of Islam

By: Steven Douglas

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The period of history, known as The Golden Age of Islam, took place between the 8th and 13th Centuries and was located in what is presently known as the Middle East, India and parts of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. The period is also known as the Dark Ages for most of the existing world outside of lands under the control of the Abbasid Caliphate whose capital city was Baghdad in currently day Iraq.

For learners of world history, little is known of this period other than the Crusades, the Black Plague and the Dark Ages that consumes most recorded history from this period.

This book will open your eyes to the incredible history of the Golden Age of Islam that was responsible for translating ancient works written in Greece and Rome, by Aristotle and Plato, transcripts which would otherwise have been lost to the destructive attacks on earlier societies by the Mongols of Ancient China. In addition to the Golden Age of Islam being the savior of the many works of ancient civilizations, it is also a period of inventions, many of which are still used today.

You will read about the First Man to Fly, the inventor of the Camera Obscura, the Father of Algebra and Trigonometry, the first doctor of pediatric medicine, the first known medical procedures using anesthesia and cataract surgery, and the inventor of hydrochloric acid. You will meet the Banu Musa Brothers who together invented over 100 industrial inventions we depend on even today, including cranks, fountains and the workings of the bicycle.

For lovers of astronomy, you will meet amazing astronomers who not only tested earlier claims by the first astronomers but who themselves discovered and proved how far it was between the earth and the moon and extensive study measuring time. A bibliography is available in the paperback version.