The golden age of Islamic innovation ranged from the mid-8th century to 14th century. During this period of time Muslim scholars of the Islamic world are credited with a period of contribution to scientific knowledge, medicine and philosophy. A majority of historic Islamic intellectual advancement occurred in this so-called Golden age (SalamCenter.org). Islamic civilization experienced a golden age under the Abbasid Dynasty, which ruled from the mid-8th century until the mid-13th century. Under the Abbasids, Islamic culture became a blending of Arab, Persian, Egyptian, and European traditions. The result was an era of stunning intellectual and cultural achievements (Saylor.org, p.2).
The Golden Age of Islam was a period of intellect and knowledge, and a time of great thinkers and inventors one of which was Abu Yusuf Ya‘qub Ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi Born in Iraq circa 800 CE. He was the first self-proclaimed philosopher in the Arabic tradition. He worked with a group of translators. This group converted the works of Aristotle, the Neo-Platonists, and Greek mathematicians and scientists into the Arabic language. (Adamson). According to Al-Kindi, "We ought not to be embarrassed of appreciating the truth and of obtaining it wherever it comes from, even if it comes from races distant and nations different from us. Nothing should be dearer to the seeker of truth than the truth itself, and there is no deterioration of the truth, nor belittling either of one who speaks it or conveys it."(MuslimPhilosophy.com). His works showed that the study of philosophy is compatible with Islamic beliefs.
In 980 CE Abu Ali Al-Hussain Ibn Abdallah Ibn Sina was born in what is now Uzbekistan. The most acclaimed physician, philosopher, encyclopaedist, mathematician and astronomer of his time. His brilliant book al-Qanun was his most notable improvement to medical science. This book consisting of over a million words covered topics of phthisis and tuberculosis contagion, distribution...