medieval baghdad 
Jasmine Morgan. What was so special about medieval Baghdad?
Baghdad was special as the Islamic world preserved the knowledge in contrast to Europe in the dark ages.
The Islamic world collected and also enhanced knowledge on medicine and other subjects. This reveals that the scholars were determined as they would travel all over the empire to collect knowledge, then they would translate it into Arabic so they could add to it.
In contrast Europe was the opposite of this peaceful, knowledgeable empire as it was a place of was. In Europe there was the Saxons, the Vikings and the franks, these were the three sides of conflict. Europe was filled with violence, illiterate people, superstition and no medical knowledge. They still believed that disease was caused by evil spirits or god(s).
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The Islamic empire can reveal a respect for knowledge from all cultures; this made it significant.
In their hospitals and pharmacies they would let anyone practise as a doctor. Also they would let anyone be a patient no matter what culture, country or religion. This reveals that the Islamic empire was religiously tolerant. It also is remarkable as the scholars were the first people to build hospitals with different wards for different illnesses.
The scholars also collected knowledge from all countries and religions because it didn’t what race you are, if you have new knowledge it was valuable. They collected knowledge from India, china, Greece, Italy, all over the empire: in fact it would take someone a whole year to go from one side of the empire to the other. This shows that they were willing to give up at least a year of their time to collect knowledge.
Medieval Baghdad should be remembered for the contribution it made to our lives today.
The scholars discoveries in medicine are still relevant today as they were the first people to do complicated surgeries. This includes caesareans and eye surgeries. What was remarkable was the fact that they had a 60% success rate on the eye
Baghdad was special as the Islamic world preserved the knowledge in contrast to Europe in the dark ages.
The Islamic world collected and also enhanced knowledge on medicine and other subjects. This reveals that the scholars were determined as they would travel all over the empire to collect knowledge, then they would translate it into Arabic so they could add to it.
In contrast Europe was the opposite of this peaceful, knowledgeable empire as it was a place of was. In Europe there was the Saxons, the Vikings and the franks, these were the three sides of conflict. Europe was filled with violence, illiterate people, superstition and no medical knowledge. They still believed that disease was caused by evil spirits or god(s).
.
The Islamic empire can reveal a respect for knowledge from all cultures; this made it significant.
In their hospitals and pharmacies they would let anyone practise as a doctor. Also they would let anyone be a patient no matter what culture, country or religion. This reveals that the Islamic empire was religiously tolerant. It also is remarkable as the scholars were the first people to build hospitals with different wards for different illnesses.
The scholars also collected knowledge from all countries and religions because it didn’t what race you are, if you have new knowledge it was valuable. They collected knowledge from India, china, Greece, Italy, all over the empire: in fact it would take someone a whole year to go from one side of the empire to the other. This shows that they were willing to give up at least a year of their time to collect knowledge.
Medieval Baghdad should be remembered for the contribution it made to our lives today.
The scholars discoveries in medicine are still relevant today as they were the first people to do complicated surgeries. This includes caesareans and eye surgeries. What was remarkable was the fact that they had a 60% success rate on the eye