Islamic golden age
Islamic Golden Age
The Islamic Golden Age (== Template:IPA ==
The Template:IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of the term "IPA" is /aɪ piː eɪ/ in English.
Etymology
The term "IPA" is an acronym for the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Association, founded in 1886, created the IPA to provide a single, universal system for the transcription of spoken language.
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- Phonetic notation: A system used to visually represent the sounds of speech. The IPA is one type of phonetic notation.
- Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
- Phonology: The study of the way sounds function within a particular language or languages. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a particular language or languages.
- Transcription (linguistics): The systematic representation of spoken language in written form. The source of the words transcribe and transcription, the term means "to write across" in Latin, and it's the process of converting spoken language into written form. In linguistics, this is often done using the IPA.
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polski), also known as the Islamic Renaissance, refers to a period of cultural, economic, and scientific flourishing in the history of the Islamic world, traditionally dated from the 8th century to the 14th century.
Etymology
The term "Islamic Golden Age" is a modern label, and it is not used by scholars in the field, who prefer to call it the "High Caliphal Era" or the period of the "Islamic Renaissance". The term "Golden Age" is a reference to the historical period of cultural, economic, and scientific growth in the history of the Islamic world.
History
The Islamic Golden Age is traditionally dated from the mid-7th century to the mid-13th century at which Muslim rulers established one of the largest empires in history. During this period, artists, engineers, scholars, poets, philosophers, geographers and traders in the Islamic world contributed to agriculture, the arts, economics, industry, law, literature, navigation, philosophy, sciences, sociology, and technology, both by preserving earlier traditions and by adding inventions and innovations of their own.
Contributions to Medicine
During the Islamic Golden Age, significant advancements were made in the field of medicine. Scholars such as Avicenna and Al-Razi made significant contributions to medical knowledge. They developed the first hospitals, medical schools, and a systematic approach to medical education. Their works, such as Avicenna's The Canon of Medicine, served as the standard for medical practice in both the Islamic world and Europe for centuries.
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