User:Aquib American Muslim/Science in medieval Islam
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Science in medieval Islam, also known as Islamic science or Arabic science,[1] is the science developed in the Islamic world prior to the modern era, during what is known as the Islamic Golden Age between the 7th and 15th centuries.
In the course of the expansion of the Islamic world, scholars from this civilization studied the science, mathematics, and medicine of antiquity through the works of classical Greek authors such as Aristotle, Archimedes, Galen, Ptolemy, and Euclid. These works, and the important commentaries on them, were the wellspring of science during the Medieval period. They were translated into Arabic, the lingua franca of this period. Scientists within the Islamic civilization were of diverse ethnicities. A great portion were Persians[2][3] and Arabs,[3] in addition to Berbers, Moors and Turks. They were also from diverse religious backgrounds. Most were Muslims,[4][5][6] but there were also many Christians and Jews,[7][8] as well as Sabians, Zoroastrians and the irreligious.[9][10]