Muslims' contributions to western civilization Al-Idrissi map of the world in the twelfth century AD.
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2014
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university of Oum-El-Bouaghi
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Undeniably, the most magnificent civilization in human history is the medieval islamic civilization. At that time, science and religion were two faces of the same coin and Muslim scientists could achieve in mathematics, medicine, astronomy and other sciences what had never been achieved before. In geography particularly, Abu Abdallah Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Abdallah Ibn Idriss Al-Hamudi Al-Hassani known Al-Idrissi a twelfth century geographer of Ceuta, Morocco, at the service of the Norman king of Sicily Roger II, scientifically, elaborated the first original map of the world. That so far remains the most accurate map of its time and the closest to the map of the world as we know it today. Under many circumstances all Islamic contributions passed to Europe at times of war and peace through Crusades and muslim-Christian contact. In addition to warring against muslims at the Iberian Peninsula (Andalusia) and the Holy Land, Europeans started trading but also translating from arabic to Latin, that translation movement paved the way for european renaissance as well as modern thought. Therefore Western civilization product of muslim-christian contacts- is considered the heir to the Islamic thought. This truth has been neglected by many Western thinkers and historians who minimized the great role of Islamic civilization to the role of a postman or guardian of Geek heritage. This bias which makes a Eurocentric view dominates Western narratives and counterfeits but also distorts the historical truths. This is why this mémoire views that today's sciences and universal knowledge is the legacy of islamic civilization.
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Medieval islamic civilization : Al-Idrissi map, Legacy : islamic civilization