Islamic Golden Age In Spain

The Islamic Golden Age in Spain was a multi-cultural mix of the people of three religions that believed in one God; Muslims, Christians, and Jews. During the Golden Age; libraries, colleges, public baths were established and literature, poetry, and architecture flourished. Muslims and non-Muslims made general influences to this flowering of culture. The Golden Age is described as religious and ethnic tolerance and mixed agreement between Muslims, Christians, and Jews. Although Christians and Jews lived under restrictions, for much of the time the three groups managed to get along together, and to benefit from the company of each other.

During the Golden Age; Muslims, Christians, and Jews main focus was on family values, charity, and respect
for others. Throughout history, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have spread from their birthplace, crossing the boundaries of race and ethnicity, with followers in nearly every country in the world. Moreover, Abraham is considered to be a prophet by all three faiths. While there are differences in the ways in which the stories of Abraham are recounted, the three religions are united by the belief in Abraham and therefore many consider him, to be the father of monotheism. Islam, one of the worlds fastest growing faiths, has an estimated 1.5 billion followers across the globe (Arab American Museum).

The Golden Age was the most flourishing period in the history of a nation.
In the Eighth Century, Spain was under Islamic rule, and cities like Córdoba absorbed the language, beliefs, and religion of the Islamic people. Córdoba, now a World Heritage Site, was unique in the sense that there was a unification between the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam a notion of “shared worship” that, as evidenced in contemporary media, has increasingly diminished (Oprea, 2014). Muslims were the ones with political power, but they developed a means of getting along with Christians and Jews until the year 1492 when Muslims and Jews were both expelled from this land to begin again elsewhere (Overview of Golden Age in Spain). What surprised the most was how Rauf wanted the Cordoba House to have an impact or presence on how people think about others and how they want to engage with others. The Cordoba House is a place where people who are not just Muslims can sing together, eat together, and prays together, but this welcomes all members of the Abrahamic family of religions. After reading all our class texts, something that really stood out in my head was “How good is it, and how pleasant, when people dwell together in unity.” Working together as a group can help our society to gain knowledge about other peoples' cultures. Culture is a strong part of people's lives. It influences their views, their values, their hopes, and their loyalties. For Jews and Christians, during the Golden Age they were working with Muslims and building relationships with them. This helped them have some perspective and understanding of the Islamic
culture.

Christians and Jews lived under restrictions, for much of the time the three groups managed to get along together, and benefit from the presence of each other. Jews liked the exciting cultural exchange with Islam. At the beginning of the Golden Age, Islam gained some of its inspiration from Judaism. After year past, Judaism was creatively enhanced by the relationship with Islam, mainly in the fields of law, medicine, science, poetry, and philosophy. Moreover, Jewish suppliers functioned easily in the Islamic marketplace, traveling among places as far from each other as Spain and India. They created bonds of belief and friendship with Muslim partners and started business affiliation with Muslims, avoiding restrictions on mixed affiliations inscribed with Islamic law (Cohen, 2014). On the other side, many Christians in Spain adapted parts of the Muslim culture. Some learned Arabic; some adopted the same clothes as their rulers.

To conclude, during the Golden Age Muslims achieved to improve Spain agriculture and manufacturing, contributing to its success and wealth. The Golden Age was a great period for Spain. During this period, Muslims transmitted their experience in medicine, algebra, chemistry, astronomy, architecture, art, nature and technology to the Spanish individuals. After years past, Spain communicated these valuable knowledge to other European countries.