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Renaissance #186 – Geber the Alchemist (Reconquista #7)
It is no coincidence that many of the chemical words in use today derive from the Arabic: alcohol, alkali, amalgam, benzoic, borax, camphor, elixir, etc. They were developed…
Renaissance #185 – Book of Ingenious Devices (Reconquista #6)
You really can’t understand Arabic science without considering the extent to which it was influenced by Islam. Arabic science was inextricably linked to religion. In contrast to Christianity,…
Renaissance #184 – The Islamic Empire (Reconquista #5)
Within one hundred years of the death of the prophet Muhammed, the Islamic Empire covered an area larger in expanse than either the Roman Empire at its height…
Renaissance #183 – The Rise of al-Ma'mün (Reconquista #4)
Al-Ma'mün, the caliph of The Islamic Empire at the height of its power, was born the same year that his father became caliph. His mother was “the ugliest…