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Christian and Muslim playing chess in the Levant. The game of chess originated in India, but was transmitted to Europe by the Islamic world.^[1]

The Islamic contributions to Medieval Europe were important and numerous. These contributions affected such varied areas as sciences, techniques, medicine, food, music, vocabulary, law, education, philosophy and technology. From the 10th to the 13th century, Europe literally absorbed vast quantities of knowledge from the Islamic civilization.^[2] This had considerable effects on the development of the West, leading in many ways to the achievement of the Renaissance.^[3]

Transmission routes

The Tabula Rogeriana, drawn by Al-Idrisi for Roger II of Sicily in 1154, one of the most advanced ancient world maps.

The points of contact between Europe and Islamic lands were multiple during the Middle Ages. The main points of transmission of Islamic knowledge to Europe were in Sicilia, and in Toledo, Spain (with Gerard of Cremone, 1114-1187, following the conquest of the city by the Spanish Christians in 1085). In Sicilia, following the Islamic conquest of the island in 965 and its reconquest by the Normans in 1091, an intense Arabo-Normand culture developed, examplified by rulers such as Roger II, who had Islamic soldiers, poets and scientists at his court. One of the greatest geographical treatises of the Middle Ages was written by the Maroccan Idrisi for Roger, and entitled Kitab Rudjdjar ("The book of Roger").^[4]

The Crusades also intensified exchanges between Europe and the Levant, with Italian City Republics taking a great role in these exchanges. In the Levant, such cities as Antioch, Arab and Latin cultures intermixed intensively.^[5]

Classical knowledge

Following the fall of the Roman Empire and the dawn of the Middle Ages, many texts from Classical Antiquity had been lost to the Europeans. In the Middle East however, many of these Greek texts (such as Aristotle) were translated from Greek into Syriac during the 6th and the 7th century by Nestorian, Melkites or Jacobite monks living in Palestine, or by Greeks exiles from Athens or Edessa who visited Islamic Universities. Many of these texts however were then kept, translated, and developed upon by the Islamic world, especially in centers of learning such as Baghdad, where a “House of Wisdom”, with thousands of manuscripts existed as soon as 832. These texts were translated again into European languages during the Middle Ages.^[6] Eastearn Christians played an important role in exploiting this knowledge, especially through the Christian Aristotelician School of Baghdad in the 11th and 12th centuries.

These texts were translated back into Latin in multiple ways. The main points of transmission of Islamic knowledge to Europe were in Sicilia, and in Toledo, Spain (with Gerard of Cremone, 1114-1187). The Crusades also intensified exchanges between Europe and the Levant. Burgondio of Pise (died in 1193) who discovered in Antioch lost texts of Aristotle and translated them in Latin.

Islamic sciences

Chirurgical operation, 15th century Turkish manuscript.

Islam was not however a simple retransmitter of knowledge from antiquity. It also developed it own sciences, such as algebra, arithmetics, trigonometry, geology, which were later transmitted to the West.^[7] Stefan of Pise translated into Latin around 1127 an Arab manual of medical theory. Modern Arabian numbers were developed by al-Khwarizmi (hence the word “Algorithm”) in the 9th century, and introduced in Europe by Leonardo Fibonacci (1170-1250).^[8] A translation of the algebra of al-Kharizmi if known as early as 1145, by a certain Robert of Chester. Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham 980-1037) compiled treaties on optical sciences, which were used as references by Newton and Descartes. Medical sciences were also highly developed in Islam as testified by the Crusaders, who relied on Arab doctors on numerous occasions. Joinville reports he was saved in 1250 by a “Saracen” doctor.^[9]

Contributing to the growth of European science was the major search by European scholars for new learning which they could only find among Muslims, especially in Islamic Spain and Sicily. These scholars translated new scientific and philosophical texts from Arabic into Latin.

One of the most productive translators in Spain was Gerard of Cremona, who translated 87 books from Arabic to Latin,^[10] including Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī's On Algebra and Almucabala, Jabir ibn Aflah's Elementa astronomica,^[11] al-Kindi's On Optics, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī's On Elements of Astronomy on the Celestial Motions, al-Farabi's On the Classification of the Sciences,^[12] the chemical and medical works of Razi,^[13] the works of Thabit ibn Qurra and Hunayn ibn Ishaq,^[14] and the works of Arzachel, Jabir ibn Aflah, the Banū Mūsā, Abū Kāmil Shujā ibn Aslam, Abu al-Qasim, and Ibn al-Haytham (including the Book of Optics).^[10]

Other Arabic works translated into Latin during the 12th century include the works of Muhammad ibn Jābir al-Harrānī al-Battānī and Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (including The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing),^[11] the works of Abu al-Qasim (including the al-Tasrif),^[15]^[10] Muhammad al-Fazari's Great Sindhind (based on the Surya Siddhanta and the works of Brahmagupta),^[16] the works of Razi and Avicenna (including The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine),^[17] the works of Averroes,^[15] the works of Thabit ibn Qurra, al-Farabi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī, Hunayn ibn Ishaq, and his nephew Hubaysh ibn al-Hasan,^[18] the works of al-Kindi, Abraham bar Hiyya's Liber embadorum, Ibn Sarabi's (Serapion Junior) De Simplicibus,^[15] the works of Qusta ibn Luqa,^[19] the works of Maslamah Ibn Ahmad al-Majriti, Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi, and al-Ghazali,^[10] the works of Nur Ed-Din Al Betrugi, including On the Motions of the Heavens,^[20]^[13] Ali ibn Abbas al-Majusi's medical encyclopedia, The Complete Book of the Medical Art,^[13] Abu Mashar's Introduction to Astrology,^[21] the works of Maimonides, Ibn Zezla (Byngezla), Masawaiyh, Serapion, al-Qifti, and Albe'thar.^[22] Abū Kāmil Shujā ibn Aslam's Algebra,^[11] the chemical works of Geber, and the De Proprietatibus Elementorum, an Arabic work on geology written by a pseudo-Aristotle.^[13] By the beginning of the 13th century, Mark of Toledo translated the Qur'an and various medical works.^[23]

Fibonacci presented the first complete European account of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system from Arabic sources in his Liber Abaci (1202).^[13] Al-Khazini's Zij as-Sanjari was translated into Greek by Gregory Choniades in the 13th century and was studied in the Byzantine Empire.^[24] The astronomical corrections to the Ptolemaic model made by al-Battani and Averroes and the non-Ptolemaic models produced by Mo'ayyeduddin Urdi (Urdi lemma), Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī (Tusi-couple) and Ibn al-Shatir were later adapted into the Copernican heliocentric model. Al-Kindi's (Alkindus) law of terrestrial gravity influenced Robert Hooke's law of celestial gravity, which in turn inspired Newton's law of universal gravitation. Abū al-Rayhān al-Bīrūnī's Ta'rikh al-Hind and Kitab al-qanun al-Mas’udi were translated into Latin as Indica and Canon Mas’udicus respectively. Ibn al-Nafis' Commentary on Compound Drugs was translated into Latin by Andrea Alpago (d. 1522), who may have also translated Ibn al-Nafis' Commentary on Anatomy in the Canon of Avicenna, which first described pulmonary circulation and coronary circulation, and which may have had an influence on Michael Servetus, Realdo Colombo and William Harvey.^[25] Translations of the algebraic and geometrical works of Ibn al-Haytham, Omar Khayyám and Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī were later influential in the development of non-Euclidean geometry in Europe from the 17th century.^[26]^[27] Ibn Tufail's Hayy ibn Yaqdhan was translated into Latin by Edward Pococke in 1671 and into English by Simon Ockley in 1708 and became "one of the most important books that heralded the Scientific Revolution."^[28] Ibn al-Baitar's Kitab al-Jami fi al-Adwiya al-Mufrada also had an influence on European botany after it was translated into Latin in 1758.^[29]

Hospitals began as Bimaristans in the Islamic world and later spread to Europe during the Crusades, inspired by the hospitals in the Middle East. The first hospital in Paris, Les Quinze-vingt, was founded by Louis IX after his return from the Crusade between 1254-1260.^[30] An important influence in European medicine were systematic and comprehensive works such as Avicenna's The Canon of Medicine, which were translated into Latin and then disseminated in manuscript and printed form throughout Europe. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries alone, The Canon of Medicine was published more than thirty-five times.^[31] It remained a standard textbook in Europe for centuries, up until the early modern period, and introduced the contagious nature of infectious diseases, the method of quarantine, experimental medicine, and clinical trials.^[32] He also wrote The Book of Healing (actually a more general encyclopedia of science and philosophy), which became another popular textbook in Europe. Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi's Comprehensive Book of Medicine, with its introduction of measles and smallpox, was also influential in Europe. Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi's Kitab al-Tasrif was also translated to Latin and used in European medical schools for centuries.

Islamic techniques

The lute was adopted from the Arab world. 1568 print.

In the 12th century Europe owed Islam an agricultural revolution, due to the progressive introduction into Europe of various unknown fruits: the artichoke, spinachs, aubergines, peaches, apricots.^[33] Various mechanical and agricutural equipments were adopted from Islamic lands such as the noria or the windmill. Numerous new techniques in clothing, as well as new materials were also introduced: muslin, taffetas, satin, skirts. Trade mechanisms were also transmitted: tarifs, customs, bazars, magazins. Many of the music instruments used in the West also had Arab origins: the lute, the rebec, the harp.

Islamic education

The first universities, namely institutions of higher education and research which issue academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master and doctorate), were medieval Madrasahs known as Jami'ah founded in the 9th century.^[34]^[35] The University of Al Karaouine in Fez, Morocco is thus recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest degree-granting university in the world with its founding in 859 by the princess Fatima al-Fihri.^[36]

Some of the terms and concepts now used in modern universities which have Islamic origins include "the fact that we still talk of professors holding the 'Chair' of their subject" being based on the "traditional Islamic pattern of teaching where the professor sits on a chair and the students sit around him", the term 'academic circles' being derived from the way in which Islamic students "sat in a circle around their professor", and terms such as "having 'fellows', 'reading' a subject, and obtaining 'degrees', can all be traced back" to the Islamic concepts of Ashab ("companions, as of the prophet Muhammad"), Qara'a ("reading aloud the Qur'an") and Ijazah ("license to teach") respectively. George Makdisi has listed eighteen such parallels in terminology which can be traced back to their roots in Islamic education. Some of the practices now common in modern universities which also have Islamic origins include "practices such as delivering inaugural lectures, wearing academic robes, obtaining doctorates by defending a thesis, and even the idea of academic freedom are also modelled on Islamic custom." Islamic influence was also "certainly discernible in the foundation of the first delibrately-planned university" in Europe, the University of Naples Federico II founded by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor in 1224.^[37]

Madrasahs were also the first law schools, and it is likely that the "law schools known as Inns of Court in England" may have been derived from the Madrasahs which taught Islamic law and jurisprudence.^[34]

The origins of the doctorate dates back to the ijazat attadris wa 'l-ifttd ("license to teach and issue legal opinions") in the medieval Islamic legal education system, which was equivalent to the Doctor of Laws qualification and was developed during the 9th century after the formation of the Madh'hab legal schools. To obtain a doctorate, a student "had to study in a guild school of law, usually four years for the basic undergraduate course" and ten or more years for a post-graduate course. The "doctorate was obtained after an oral examination to determine the originality of the candidate's theses," and to test the student's "ability to defend them against all objections, in disputations set up for the purpose" which were scholarly exercises practiced throughout the student's "career as a graduate student of law." After students completed their post-graduate education, they were awarded doctorates giving them the status of faqih (meaning "master of law"), mufti (meaning "professor of legal opinions") and mudarris (meaning "teacher"), which were later translated into Latin as magister, professor and doctor respectively.^[34]

The term doctorate comes from the Latin docere, meaning "to teach", shortened from the full Latin title licentia docendi meaning "license to teach." This was translated from the Arabic term ijazat attadris, which means the same thing and was awarded to Islamic scholars who were qualified to teach. Similarly, the Latin term doctor, meaning "teacher", was translated from the Arabic term mudarris, which also means the same thing and was awarded to qualified Islamic teachers.^[34] The Latin term baccalaureus may have also been transliterated from the equivalent Arabic qualification bi haqq al-riwaya ("the right to teach on the authority of another").^[35]

The Islamic scholarly system of fatwa and ijma, meaning opinion and consensus respectively, formed the basis of the "scholarly system the West has practised in university scholarship from the Middle Ages down to the present day."^[34]

Islamic law

Several fundamental common law instutitions may have been adapted from similar legal instututions in Islamic law and jurisprudence, and introduced to England after the Norman conquest of England by the Normans, who conquered and inherited the Islamic legal administration of the Emirate of Sicily, and also by Crusaders during the Crusades. In particular, the "royal English contract protected by the action of debt is identified with the Islamic Aqd, the English assize of novel disseisin is identified with the Islamic Istihqaq, and the English jury is identified with the Islamic Lafif."^[34] The English trust and agency institutions in common law were possible adapted from the Islamic Waqf and Hawala institutions respectively during the Crusades.^[38]^[39] It is worth noting, however, that transferring property to another for the "use" of another developed largely in response to the requirements of feudal inheritance law. Trust law, in particular, is a creature of equity which derived from the parallel jurisdiction of the Lord Chancellor to decide matters independently to the Royal Courts.

Other English legal institutions such as "the scholastic method, the license to teach," the "law schools known as Inns of Court in England and Madrasas in Islam" and the "European commenda" (Islamic Qirad) may have also originated from Islamic law.^[34] The methodology of legal precedent and reasoning by analogy (Qiyas) are also similar in both the Islamic and common law systems.^[40] These similarities and influences have led some scholars to suggest that Islamic law may have laid the foundations for "the common law as an integrated whole".^[34]

Several legal institutions in civil law were also adapted from similar institutions in Islamic law and jurisprudence during the Middle Ages. For example, the Islamic Hawala institution influenced the development of the Avallo in Italian civil law and the Aval in French civil law.^[41] The commenda limited partnership used in European civil law was also adapted from the Qirad and Mudaraba in Islamic law. The civil law conception of res judicata^[34] and the transfer of debt, which was not permissable under Roman law but is practiced in modern civil law, may also have origins in Islamic law. The concept of an agency was also an "institution unknown to Roman law", where it was not possible for an individual to "conclude a binding contract on behalf of another as his agent." The concept of an agency was introduced by Islamic jurists, and thus the civil law conception of agency may also have origins in Islamic law.^[41]

Islamic law also introduced "two fundamental principles to the West, on which were to later stand the future structure of law: equity and good faith", which was a precursor to the concept of pacta sunt servanda in civil law and international law. Another influence of Islamic law on the civil law tradition was the presumption of innocence, which was introduced to Europe by Louis IX of France soon after he returned from Palestine during the Crusades. Prior to this, European legal procedure consisted of either trial by combat or trial by ordeal. In contrast, Islamic law was based on the presumption of innocence from its beginning, as declared by the caliph Umar in the 7th century.^[42] The Siete Partidas of Alfonso X, which was regarded as a "monument of legal science" in the civil law tradition,^[43] was also influenced by the Islamic legal treatise Villiyet written in Islamic Spain.^[42]

Vocabulary

The adoption of the techniques and materials from the Islamic world is reflected in the origin of many of the words now in use in the Western world.^[44]

Algebra, which comes from al-djar
Alchemy/ Chemistry, from al kemi (الخيمياء)
Algorithm, from the name of the scientist al-Khwarizmi
Almanach, from al-manakh (timetables)
Admiral, from amir al-bahr امير البحر (“Prince of the sea”)
Avarie (French for "ship damage"), from awar ("damage")
Carat (mass), from qīrāṭ (قيراط) ("mass")
Baldaquin, from a tissue material made in Baghdad.
Coffee, from Kahwa
Camphor, from kafur
Amber, from al-anbar
Artichoke, from al-karchouf
Chiffre (French for "number"), from sifr (meaning "zero")
Cotton, from koton
Sugar, from soukkar
Magazin, from makhâzin
Mat (as in "Chess mat"), from mât ("Death")
Hazard, from az-zahr (game of dice)
Orange, from nârandj
Lacquer, from lakk
Lute, from al-ud
Racket, from râhat (palm of the hand)
Sorbet, from sharab

Notes

^ Lebedel, p.109
^ Lebedel, p.109
^ ”Without contacts with the arab culture, Renaissance could probably not have happened in the 15th and 16th century”, Lebedel, p.109
^ Lewis, p.148
^ Lebedel, p.109-111
^ Lebedel, p.109
^ Lebedel, p.109
^ Lebedel, p.111
^ Lebedel, p.112
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Salah Zaimeche (2003). Aspects of the Islamic Influence on Science and Learning in the Christian West, p. 10. Foundation for Science Technology and Civilisation.
^ ^a ^b ^c V. J. Katz, A History of Mathematics: An Introduction, p. 291.
^ For a list of Gerard of Cremona's translations see: Edward Grant (1974) A Source Book in Medieval Science, (Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Pr.), pp. 35-8 or Charles Burnett, "The Coherence of the Arabic-Latin Translation Program in Toledo in the Twelfth Century," Science in Context, 14 (2001): at 249-288, at pp. 275-281.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Jerome B. Bieber. Medieval Translation Table 2: Arabic Sources, Santa Fe Community College.
^ D. Campbell, Arabian Medicine and Its Influence on the Middle Ages, p. 6.
^ ^a ^b ^c D. Campbell, Arabian Medicine and Its Influence on the Middle Ages, p. 3.
^ G. G. Joseph, The Crest of the Peacock, p. 306.
^ M.-T. d'Alverny, "Translations and Translators," pp. 444-6, 451
^ D. Campbell, Arabian Medicine and Its Influence on the Middle Ages, p. 4-5.
^ D. Campbell, Arabian Medicine and Its Influence on the Middle Ages, p. 5.
^ Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexicon
^ Charles Burnett, ed. Adelard of Bath, Conversations with His Nephew, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), p. xi.
^ D. Campbell, Arabian Medicine and Its Influence on the Middle Ages, p. 4.
^ M.-T. d'Alverny, "Translations and Translators," pp. 429, 455
^ David Pingree (1964), "Gregory Chioniades and Palaeologan Astronomy", Dumbarton Oaks Papers 18, p. 135-160.
^ Anatomy and Physiology, Islamic Medical Manuscripts, United States National Library of Medicine.
^ D. S. Kasir (1931). The Algebra of Omar Khayyam, p. 6-7. Teacher's College Press, Columbia University, New York.
^ Boris A. Rosenfeld and Adolf P. Youschkevitch (1996), "Geometry", p. 469, in (Morelon & Rashed 1996, pp. 447–494)
^ Samar Attar, The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment: Ibn Tufayl's Influence on Modern Western Thought, Lexington Books, ISBN 0739119893.
^ McNeil
^ George Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science.
(cf. Dr. A. Zahoor and Dr. Z. Haq (1997), Quotations From Famous Historians of Science, Cyberistan.
^ National Library of Medicine digital archives
^ David W. Tschanz, MSPH, PhD (August 2003). "Arab Roots of European Medicine", Heart Views 4 (2).
^ Roux, p. 47
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Makdisi, George (April–June 1989), "Scholasticism and Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West", Journal of the American Oriental Society, 109 (2): 175-182 [175-77]{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) Cite error: The named reference "Makdisi" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Alatas, Syed Farid, "From Jami`ah to University: Multiculturalism and Christian–Muslim Dialogue", Current Sociology, 54 (1): 112–32
^ The Guinness Book Of Records, 1998, p. 242, ISBN 0-5535-7895-2
^ Goddard, Hugh (2000), A History of Christian-Muslim Relations, Edinburgh University Press, p. 100, ISBN 074861009X
^ Template:Harvard reference
^ Badr, Gamal Moursi (Spring, 1978), "Islamic Law: Its Relation to Other Legal Systems", The American Journal of Comparative Law, 26 (2 - Proceedings of an International Conference on Comparative Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 24-25, 1977): 187-198 [196-8] {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ El-Gamal, Mahmoud A. (2006), Islamic Finance: Law, Economics, and Practice, Cambridge University Press, p. 16, ISBN 0521864143
^ ^a ^b Badr, Gamal Moursi (Spring, 1978), "Islamic Law: Its Relation to Other Legal Systems", The American Journal of Comparative Law, 26 (2 [Proceedings of an International Conference on Comparative Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 24-25, 1977]): 187-198 [196-8] {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ ^a ^b Boisard, Marcel A. (July 1980), "On the Probable Influence of Islam on Western Public and International Law", International Journal of Middle East Studies, 11 (4): 429–50
^ Weeramantry, Judge Christopher G. (1997), Justice Without Frontiers: Furthering Human Rights, Brill Publishers, ISBN 9041102418
^ Lebedel, p.113

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Lebedel, Claude, "Les Croisades, origines et conséquences", 2006, Editions Ouest-France, ISBN 2737341361
Roux, Jean-Paul, "Les explorateurs au Moyen-Age", Hachette, 1985, ISBN 2012793398
Lewis, Bernard, "Les Arabes dans l'histoire", 1993, Flammarion, ISBN 2080813625

[1] Lebedel, p.109

[2] Lebedel, p.109

[3] ”Without contacts with the arab culture, Renaissance could probably not have happened in the 15th and 16th century”, Lebedel, p.109

[4] Lewis, p.148

[5] Lebedel, p.109-111

[6] Lebedel, p.109

[7] Lebedel, p.109

[8] Lebedel, p.111

[9] Lebedel, p.112

[Zaimeche-10] Salah Zaimeche (2003). Aspects of the Islamic Influence on Science and Learning in the Christian West, p. 10. Foundation for Science Technology and Civilisation.

[Katz-11] V. J. Katz, A History of Mathematics: An Introduction, p. 291.

[12] For a list of Gerard of Cremona's translations see: Edward Grant (1974) A Source Book in Medieval Science, (Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Pr.), pp. 35-8 or Charles Burnett, "The Coherence of the Arabic-Latin Translation Program in Toledo in the Twelfth Century," Science in Context, 14 (2001): at 249-288, at pp. 275-281.

[Bieber-13] Jerome B. Bieber. Medieval Translation Table 2: Arabic Sources, Santa Fe Community College.

[14] D. Campbell, Arabian Medicine and Its Influence on the Middle Ages, p. 6.

[Campbell-3-15] D. Campbell, Arabian Medicine and Its Influence on the Middle Ages, p. 3.

[16] G. G. Joseph, The Crest of the Peacock, p. 306.

[17] M.-T. d'Alverny, "Translations and Translators," pp. 444-6, 451

[18] D. Campbell, Arabian Medicine and Its Influence on the Middle Ages, p. 4-5.

[19] D. Campbell, Arabian Medicine and Its Influence on the Middle Ages, p. 5.

[20] Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexicon

[21] Charles Burnett, ed. Adelard of Bath, Conversations with His Nephew, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), p. xi.

[22] D. Campbell, Arabian Medicine and Its Influence on the Middle Ages, p. 4.

[23] M.-T. d'Alverny, "Translations and Translators," pp. 429, 455

[24] David Pingree (1964), "Gregory Chioniades and Palaeologan Astronomy", Dumbarton Oaks Papers 18, p. 135-160.

[25] Anatomy and Physiology, Islamic Medical Manuscripts, United States National Library of Medicine.

[26] D. S. Kasir (1931). The Algebra of Omar Khayyam, p. 6-7. Teacher's College Press, Columbia University, New York.

[27] Boris A. Rosenfeld and Adolf P. Youschkevitch (1996), "Geometry", p. 469, in (Morelon & Rashed 1996, pp. 447–494)

[28] Samar Attar, The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment: Ibn Tufayl's Influence on Modern Western Thought, Lexington Books, ISBN 0739119893.

[29] McNeil

[Sarton-30] George Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science.
(cf. Dr. A. Zahoor and Dr. Z. Haq (1997), Quotations From Famous Historians of Science, Cyberistan.

[NLM-31] National Library of Medicine digital archives

[Tschanz-32] David W. Tschanz, MSPH, PhD (August 2003). "Arab Roots of European Medicine", Heart Views 4 (2).

[33] Roux, p. 47

[Makdisi-34] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Makdisi, George (April–June 1989), "Scholasticism and Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West", Journal of the American Oriental Society, 109 (2): 175-182 [175-77]{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) Cite error: The named reference "Makdisi" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[Alatas-35] Alatas, Syed Farid, "From Jami`ah to University: Multiculturalism and Christian–Muslim Dialogue", Current Sociology, 54 (1): 112–32

[36] The Guinness Book Of Records, 1998, p. 242, ISBN 0-5535-7895-2

[37] Goddard, Hugh (2000), A History of Christian-Muslim Relations, Edinburgh University Press, p. 100, ISBN 074861009X

[38] Template:Harvard reference

[39] Badr, Gamal Moursi (Spring, 1978), "Islamic Law: Its Relation to Other Legal Systems", The American Journal of Comparative Law, 26 (2 - Proceedings of an International Conference on Comparative Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 24-25, 1977): 187-198 [196-8] {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[40] El-Gamal, Mahmoud A. (2006), Islamic Finance: Law, Economics, and Practice, Cambridge University Press, p. 16, ISBN 0521864143

[Badr-41] Badr, Gamal Moursi (Spring, 1978), "Islamic Law: Its Relation to Other Legal Systems", The American Journal of Comparative Law, 26 (2 [Proceedings of an International Conference on Comparative Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 24-25, 1977]): 187-198 [196-8] {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[Boisard-42] Boisard, Marcel A. (July 1980), "On the Probable Influence of Islam on Western Public and International Law", International Journal of Middle East Studies, 11 (4): 429–50

[43] Weeramantry, Judge Christopher G. (1997), Justice Without Frontiers: Furthering Human Rights, Brill Publishers, ISBN 9041102418

[44] Lebedel, p.113

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 [[Image:ChristianAndMuslimPlayingChess.JPG|thumb|Christian and Muslim playing chess in the [[Levant]]. The game of chess originated in [[India]], but was transmitted to Europe by the Islamic world.<ref>Lebedel, p.109</ref>]]
-The '''Islamic contributions to Medieval Europe''' were important and numerous. These contributions affected such varied areas as sciences, techniques, medecine, food, music or vocabulary. From the 10th to the 13th century, Europe literally absorbed vast quantities of knowledge from the [[Islamic Golden Age|Islamic civilization]].<ref>Lebedel, p.109</ref> This had considerable effects on the development of the West, leading in many ways to the achievement of the [[Renaissance]].<ref>”Without contacts with the arab culture, Renaissance could probably not have happened in the 15th and 16th century”, Lebedel, p.109</ref>
+The '''Islamic contributions to Medieval Europe''' were important and numerous. These contributions affected such varied areas as [[Islamic science|sciences]], techniques, [[Islamic medicine|medicine]], food, [[Islamic music|music]], vocabulary, [[Sharia|law]], [[Madrasah|education]], [[Early Islamic philosophy|philosophy]] and [[Inventions in the Islamic world|technology]]. From the 10th to the 13th century, Europe literally absorbed vast quantities of knowledge from the [[Islamic Golden Age|Islamic civilization]].<ref>Lebedel, p.109</ref> This had considerable effects on the development of the West, leading in many ways to the achievement of the [[Renaissance]].<ref>”Without contacts with the arab culture, Renaissance could probably not have happened in the 15th and 16th century”, Lebedel, p.109</ref>
 ==Transmission routes==
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 [[Fibonacci]] presented the first complete European account of the [[Hindu-Arabic numeral system]] from [[Arabic numerals|Arabic sources]] in his ''[[Liber Abaci]]'' (1202).<ref name=Bieber>Jerome B. Bieber. [http://inst.santafe.cc.fl.us/~jbieber/HS/trans2.htm Medieval Translation Table 2: Arabic Sources], [[Santa Fe Community College (Florida)|Santa Fe Community College]].</ref> [[Al-Khazini]]'s ''[[Zij]] as-Sanjari'' was translated into [[Greek language|Greek]] by [[Gregory Choniades]] in the 13th century and was studied in the [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref>David Pingree (1964), "Gregory Chioniades and Palaeologan Astronomy", ''Dumbarton Oaks Papers'' '''18''', p. 135-160.</ref> The astronomical corrections to the [[Ptolemaic model]] made by [[al-Battani]] and [[Averroes]] and the non-Ptolemaic models produced by [[Mo'ayyeduddin Urdi]] (Urdi lemma), [[Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī]] ([[Tusi-couple]]) and [[Ibn al-Shatir]] were later adapted into the [[Copernican heliocentrism|Copernican heliocentric]] model. [[Al-Kindi]]'s (Alkindus) law of [[Terrestrial planet|terrestrial]] [[Gravitation|gravity]] influenced [[Robert Hooke]]'s law of [[Astronomical object|celestial]] gravity, which in turn inspired [[Newton's law of universal gravitation]]. [[Abū al-Rayhān al-Bīrūnī]]'s ''Ta'rikh al-Hind'' and ''Kitab al-qanun al-Mas’udi'' were translated into Latin as ''Indica'' and ''Canon Mas’udicus'' respectively. [[Ibn al-Nafis]]' ''Commentary on Compound Drugs'' was translated into [[Latin]] by Andrea Alpago (d. 1522), who may have also translated Ibn al-Nafis' ''Commentary on Anatomy in the Canon of Avicenna'', which first described [[pulmonary circulation]] and [[coronary circulation]], and which may have had an influence on [[Michael Servetus]], [[Realdo Colombo]] and [[William Harvey]].<ref>[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/arabic/mon4.html Anatomy and Physiology], Islamic Medical Manuscripts, [[United States National Library of Medicine]].</ref> Translations of the algebraic and geometrical works of [[Ibn al-Haytham]], [[Omar Khayyám]] and [[Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī]] were later influential in the development of [[non-Euclidean geometry]] in Europe from the 17th century.<ref>D. S. Kasir (1931). ''The Algebra of Omar Khayyam'', p. 6-7. [[Columbia University Press|Teacher's College Press]], [[Columbia University]], [[New York]].</ref><ref>Boris A. Rosenfeld and Adolf P. Youschkevitch (1996), "Geometry", p. 469, in {{Harv|Morelon|Rashed|1996|pp=447-494}}</ref> [[Ibn Tufail]]'s ''[[Hayy ibn Yaqdhan]]'' was translated into Latin by [[Edward Pococke]] in 1671 and into English by [[Simon Ockley]] in 1708 and became "one of the most important books that heralded the [[Scientific Revolution]]."<ref>Samar Attar, ''The Vital Roots of European Enlightenment: Ibn Tufayl's Influence on Modern Western Thought'', Lexington Books, ISBN 0739119893.</ref> [[Ibn al-Baitar]]'s ''Kitab al-Jami fi al-Adwiya al-Mufrada'' also had an influence on European [[botany]] after it was translated into Latin in 1758.<ref>McNeil</ref>
+[[Hospital]]s began as [[Bimaristan]]s in the Islamic world and later spread to Europe during the [[Crusades]], inspired by the hospitals in the Middle East. The first [[hospital]] in [[Paris]], Les Quinze-vingt, was founded by [[Louis IX]] after his return from the Crusade between 1254-1260.<ref name=Sarton>[[George Sarton]], ''Introduction to the History of Science''.<br>([[cf.]] Dr. A. Zahoor and Dr. Z. Haq (1997), [http://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/Introl1.html Quotations From Famous Historians of Science], Cyberistan.</ref> An important influence in European medicine were systematic and comprehensive works such as [[Avicenna]]'s ''[[The Canon of Medicine]]'', which were translated into Latin and then disseminated in manuscript and printed form throughout Europe. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries alone, ''The Canon of Medicine'' was published more than thirty-five times.<ref name=NLM>[[National Library of Medicine]] digital archives</ref> It remained a standard textbook in Europe for centuries, up until the early modern period, and introduced the contagious nature of [[infectious disease]]s, the method of [[quarantine]], [[experimental medicine]], and [[clinical trial]]s.<ref name=Tschanz>David W. Tschanz, MSPH, PhD (August 2003). "Arab Roots of European Medicine", ''Heart Views'' '''4''' (2).</ref> He also wrote ''[[The Book of Healing]]'' (actually a more general encyclopedia of science and philosophy), which became another popular textbook in Europe.  [[Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi]]'s ''Comprehensive Book of Medicine'', with its introduction of [[measles]] and [[smallpox]], was also influential in Europe. [[Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi]]'s ''[[Al-Tasrif|Kitab al-Tasrif]]'' was also translated to [[Latin]] and used in European [[medical school]]s for centuries.
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 In the 12th century Europe owed Islam an agricultural revolution, due to the progressive introduction into Europe of various unknown fruits: the [[artichoke]], [[spinach]]s, [[aubergines]], [[peaches]], [[apricots]].<ref>Roux, p. 47</ref> Various mechanical and agricutural equipments were adopted from Islamic lands such as the [[noria]] or the [[windmill]].
 Numerous new techniques in clothing, as well as new materials were also introduced: [[muslin]], [[taffeta]]s, [[satin]], [[skirts]]. Trade mechanisms were also transmitted: [[tarif]]s, [[customs]], [[bazar]]s, [[magazin]]s. Many of the music instruments used in the West also had Arab origins: the [[lute]], the [[rebec]], the [[harp]].
+==Islamic education==
+{{main|Madrasah}}
+The first [[University|universities]], namely institutions of [[higher education]] and [[research]] which issue [[academic degree]]s at all levels ([[Bachelor's degree|bachelor]], [[Master's degree|master]] and [[doctorate]]), were medieval [[Madrasah]]s known as ''Jami'ah'' founded in the 9th century.<ref name=Makdisi>{{citation|last=Makdisi|first=George|title=Scholasticism and Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society|volume=109|issue=2|date=April-June 1989|pages=175-182 [175-77]}}</ref><ref name=Alatas/> The [[University of Al Karaouine]] in [[Fez, Morocco]] is thus recognized by the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]] as the oldest degree-granting university in the world with its founding in 859 by the princess Fatima al-Fihri.<ref>''The Guinness Book Of Records'', 1998, p. 242, ISBN 0-5535-7895-2</ref>
+Some of the terms and concepts now used in modern universities which have Islamic origins include "the fact that we still talk of [[professor]]s holding the '[[Chair (official)|Chair]]' of their subject" being based on the "traditional Islamic pattern of teaching where the professor sits on a chair and the students sit around him", the term '[[Study circle|academic circles]]' being derived from the way in which Islamic students "sat in a circle around their professor", and terms such as "having '[[fellow]]s', '[[Reading (for degree)|reading]]' a subject, and obtaining 'degrees', can all be traced back" to the Islamic concepts of ''Ashab'' ("[[Sahaba|companions]], as of the prophet [[Muhammad]]"), ''Qara'a'' ("reading aloud the [[Qur'an]]") and ''[[Ijazah]]'' ("license to teach") respectively. George Makdisi has listed eighteen such parallels in terminology which can be traced back to their roots in Islamic education. Some of the practices now common in modern universities which also have Islamic origins include "practices such as delivering [[Inauguration|inaugural]] [[lecture]]s, wearing [[Academic dress|academic robes]], obtaining [[doctorate]]s by defending a [[Dissertation|thesis]], and even the idea of [[academic freedom]] are also modelled on Islamic custom." Islamic influence was also "certainly discernible in the foundation of the first delibrately-planned university" in Europe, the [[University of Naples Federico II]] founded by [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] in 1224.<ref>{{citation|title=A History of Christian-Muslim Relations|first=Hugh|last=Goddard|year=2000|publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]]|isbn=074861009X|page=100}}</ref>
+Madrasahs were also the first [[law school]]s, and it is likely that the "law schools known as [[Inns of Court]] in England" may have been derived from the Madrasahs which taught [[Sharia|Islamic law]] and [[Fiqh|jurisprudence]].<ref name=Makdisi>{{citation|last=Makdisi|first=John A.|title=The Islamic Origins of the Common Law|journal=[[North Carolina Law Review]]|year=1999|date=June 1999|volume=77|issue=5|pages=1635-1739}}</ref>
+The origins of the [[doctorate]] dates back to the ''ijazat attadris wa 'l-ifttd'' ("license to teach and issue legal opinions") in the medieval Islamic [[legal education]] system, which was equivalent to the [[Doctor of Laws]] qualification and was developed during the 9th century after the formation of the ''[[Madh'hab]]'' legal schools. To obtain a doctorate, a student "had to study in a [[guild]] [[Law school|school of law]], usually four years for the basic [[Undergraduate education|undergraduate]] course" and ten or more years for a [[Postgraduate education|post-graduate]] course. The "doctorate was obtained after an oral [[Test (student assessment)|examination]] to determine the originality of the candidate's [[Dissertation|theses]]," and to test the student's "ability to defend them against all objections, in [[disputation]]s set up for the purpose" which were scholarly exercises practiced throughout the student's "career as a [[Graduate school|graduate student]] of law." After students completed their post-graduate education, they were awarded doctorates giving them the status of ''[[faqih]]'' (meaning "[[master of law]]"), ''[[mufti]]'' (meaning "professor of [[Fatwā|legal opinions]]") and ''mudarris'' (meaning "teacher"), which were later translated into [[Latin]] as ''[[Magister (degree)|magister]]'', ''[[professor]]'' and ''[[doctor]]'' respectively.<ref name=Makdisi>{{citation|last=Makdisi|first=George|title=Scholasticism and Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society|volume=109|issue=2|date=April-June 1989|pages=175-182 [175-77]}}</ref>
+The term ''doctorate'' comes from the Latin ''docere'', meaning "to teach", shortened from the full Latin title ''licentia docendi'' meaning "license to teach." This was translated from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] term ''ijazat attadris'', which means the same thing and was awarded to [[Ulema|Islamic scholars]] who were qualified to teach. Similarly, the Latin term ''[[doctor]]'', meaning "teacher", was translated from the Arabic term ''mudarris'', which also means the same thing and was awarded to qualified Islamic teachers.<ref name=Makdisi/> The Latin term ''[[baccalaureus]]'' may have also been transliterated from the equivalent Arabic qualification ''bi haqq al-riwaya'' ("the right to teach on the authority of another").<ref name=Alatas>{{citation|title=From Jami`ah to University: Multiculturalism and Christian–Muslim Dialogue|first=Syed Farid|last=Alatas|journal=Current Sociology|volume=54|issue=1|pages=112-32}}</ref>
+The Islamic scholarly system of ''[[fatwa]]'' and ''[[ijma]]'', meaning [[opinion]] and [[consensus]] respectively, formed the basis of the "scholarly system the [[Western world|West]] has practised in university [[scholarship]] from the [[Middle Ages]] down to the present day."<ref name=Makdisi/>
+==Islamic law==
+{{main|Sharia}}
+Several fundamental [[common law]] instutitions may have been adapted from similar legal instututions in [[Sharia|Islamic law]] and [[Fiqh|jurisprudence]], and introduced to England after the [[Norman conquest of England]] by the [[Normans]], who conquered and inherited the Islamic legal administration of the [[Emirate of Sicily]], and also by Crusaders during the [[Crusades]]. In particular, the "royal English [[contract]] protected by the action of [[debt]] is identified with the Islamic ''Aqd'', the English [[assize of novel disseisin]] is identified with the Islamic ''Istihqaq'', and the English [[jury]] is identified with the Islamic ''Lafif''."<ref name=Makdisi>{{Harv|Makdisi|1999}}</ref> The English [[Trust law|trust]] and [[Agency (law)|agency]] institutions in common law were possible adapted from the Islamic ''[[Waqf]]'' and ''[[Hawala]]'' institutions respectively during the Crusades.<ref>{{Harvard reference |last=Gaudiosi |first=Monica M. |title=The Influence of the Islamic Law of Waqf on the Development of the Trust in England: The Case of Merton College |year=1988 |journal=[[University of Pennsylvania Law Review]] |volume=136 |issue=4 |date=April 1988 |pages=1231-1261}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Islamic Law: Its Relation to Other Legal Systems|first=Gamal Moursi|last=Badr|journal=The American Journal of Comparative Law|volume=26|issue=2 - Proceedings of an International Conference on Comparative Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 24-25, 1977|date=Spring, 1978|pages=187-198 [196-8]}}</ref> It is worth noting, however, that transferring property to another for the "use" of another developed largely in response to the requirements of feudal inheritance law. Trust law, in particular, is a creature of [[equity]] which derived from the parallel jurisdiction of the [[Lord Chancellor]] to decide matters independently to the Royal Courts.
+Other English legal institutions such as "the [[scholastic method]], the [[license]] to [[Education|teach]]," the "[[law school]]s known as [[Inns of Court]] in England and ''[[Madrasah|Madrasas]]'' in Islam" and the "European [[Limited partnership|commenda]]" (Islamic ''[[Qirad]]'') may have also originated from Islamic law.<ref name=Makdisi/> The methodology of legal [[precedent]] and reasoning by [[analogy]] (''[[Qiyas]]'') are also similar in both the Islamic and common law systems.<ref>{{citation|title=Islamic Finance: Law, Economics, and Practice|first=Mahmoud A.|last=El-Gamal|year=2006|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=0521864143|page=16}}</ref> These similarities and influences have led some scholars to suggest that Islamic law may have laid the foundations for "the common law as an integrated whole".<ref name=Makdisi/>
+Several legal [[institution]]s in [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law]] were also adapted from similar institutions in [[Sharia|Islamic law]] and [[Fiqh|jurisprudence]] during the [[Middle Ages]]. For example, the Islamic ''[[Hawala]]'' institution influenced the development of the ''Avallo'' in [[Italy|Italian]] civil law and the ''[[Aval]]'' in [[French civil law]].<ref name=Badr>{{citation|title=Islamic Law: Its Relation to Other Legal Systems|first=Gamal Moursi|last=Badr|journal=The American Journal of Comparative Law|volume=26|issue=2 [Proceedings of an International Conference on Comparative Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 24-25, 1977]|date=Spring, 1978|pages=187-198 [196-8]}}</ref> The ''commenda'' [[limited partnership]] used in European civil law was also adapted from the ''[[Qirad]]'' and ''Mudaraba'' in Islamic law. The civil law conception of ''[[res judicata]]''<ref name=Makdisi>{{Citation|last=Makdisi|first=John A.|title=The Islamic Origins of the Common Law|journal=[[North Carolina Law Review]]|year=1999|date=June 1999|volume=77|issue=5|pages=1635-1739}}</ref> and the [[Balance transfer|transfer of debt]], which was not permissable under [[Roman law]] but is practiced in modern civil law, may also have origins in Islamic law. The concept of an [[Agency (law)|agency]] was also an "institution unknown to Roman law", where it was not possible for an individual to "conclude a binding [[contract]] on behalf of another as his [[Agent (law)|agent]]." The concept of an agency was introduced by [[Ulema|Islamic jurists]], and thus the civil law conception of agency may also have origins in Islamic law.<ref name=Badr/>
+Islamic law also introduced "two fundamental principles to the West, on which were to later stand the future structure of law: [[Equity (law)|equity]] and [[good faith]]", which was a precursor to the concept of ''[[pacta sunt servanda]]'' in civil law and [[international law]]. Another influence of Islamic law on the civil law tradition was the [[presumption of innocence]], which was introduced to Europe by [[Louis IX of France]] soon after he returned from [[Palestine]] during the [[Crusades]]. Prior to this, European legal procedure consisted of either [[trial by combat]] or [[trial by ordeal]]. In contrast, Islamic law was based on the presumption of innocence from its beginning, as declared by the [[caliph]] [[Umar]] in the 7th century.<ref name=Boisard/> The ''[[Siete Partidas]]'' of [[Alfonso X]], which was regarded as a "monument of [[legal science]]" in the civil law tradition,<ref>{{citation|last=Weeramantry|first=Judge Christopher G.|title=Justice Without Frontiers: Furthering Human Rights|year=1997|publisher=[[Brill Publishers]]|isbn=9041102418}}</ref> was also influenced by the Islamic legal treatise ''Villiyet'' written in [[Al-Andalus|Islamic Spain]].<ref name=Boisard>{{citation|title=On the Probable Influence of Islam on Western Public and International Law|first=Marcel A.|last=Boisard|journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies|volume=11|issue=4|date=July 1980|pages=429-50}}</ref>
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