Learn about the many scientific and cultural achievements of one of the most important periods in all of world history, led by an acclaimed lecturer.
The History and Achievements of the Islamic Golden Age
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: From Camels to Stars in the Middle East
- 02: Ibn Battuta's Search for Knowledge
- 03: Arabian Nights Caliph: Harun al-Rashid
- 04: The Arab World's Greatest Writer: al-Jahiz
- 05: Algebra, Algorithms, and al-Khwarizmi
- 06: Baghdad's House of Wisdom
- 07: Muhammad, the Hadith, and Imam Bukhari
- 08: Interpreting and Defending the Quran
- 09: The Arab Herodotus: al-Masudi
- 10: Cairo, al-Haytham, and the Book of Optics
- 11: Master Muslim Scholar: al-Biruni
- 12: Astronomy in the Islamic Golden Age
- 13: Medieval Muslim Medicine and Hospitals
- 14: Alchemistry and Chemistry in Early Baghdad
- 15: The Fertile Crescent, Water, and al-Jazari
- 16: Jewish Scholar in Cairo: Moses Maimonides
- 17: The Banu Musa's Inventions and Automatons
- 18: Mosques, Architecture, and Gothic Revival
- 19: Arabic Verse, Love Poetry, and Wine Songs
- 20: Medieval Mastermind: Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
- 21: Entertaining in the Time of the Abbasids
- 22: Calligraphy, Carpets, and the Arabic Arts
- 23: When Did the Islamic Golden Age End?
- 24: Ibn Khaldun on the Rise and Fall of Empire
Taught by
Eamonn Gearon
