Question

Besides being great conquerors, what else did Muslims influence?

Answer 1

The muslims influenced the following

Religion: Islam is the religion followed by muslims that was taught by the prophet Muhammad through guidance from the Quran. The religion taught the muslims how to worship god as well as be good human beings through mannerism etc.

Architecture: Muslim architecture is of the many beautiful forms of architecture. The use of domes created stunning pieces of art which are seen today in masjids( Muslim temples used for prayer)

Mathematics: Algebra was was invented by a Muslim man in the 9th century by Muhammad IBM Miss al-khwarizmi. He is known today as the father of algebra

Medicine: Many Islamic medical texts, such as Ibn Sina’s Canon of Medicine, Al-Razi’s Libor Almartsoris and Al-Zahrawi’s Kitab al Tasrif became central to medical education in European universities for hundreds of years. (Westerners knew these doctors as Avicenna, Rhazes and Albucasis, respectively.)

Answer 2

Muslims influenced also the following:

- Religion: Please remember that Christian religion had been expanding during the first centuries AD. When Muslims began conquering some cities that were of Christian influence, these adopted Islam as new religion.

- Music: As the Muslims began to expand, they brought some new musical instruments to the lands they conquered. The oud, for instance, was an string instrument that was the predecessor of the guitar.

- Mathematics: The muslim Al-Khwarizmi brought the algebra, a mathematic science very important nowadays. In addition, a lot of trigonometry advances in Europe was due to Islamic authors.