Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Islamic Contributions to the West

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• I. Introduction
• II. Islamicization of the West
• III. Islamic achievements in science
• A. Introduction: Unwillingness to recognize Islamic achievements
• B. Scientific method and rationalism
• C. Humanism, philosophy, scholasticism
• D. Mathematics
• E. Astronomy
• F. Medicine
• G. Material Culture
• 1. Commerce and Seafaring
• 2. Agriculture and Minerals
• 3. The Arts of “Gracious Living”
• 3.1. Industry
• 3.2. Architecture
• 3.3. Music
• 3.4. Books
• 3.5. Urban organization
• IV. The spread of Islamic culture into Europe
• V. Conclusion
• References