What the world owes to Islam

Volume 1: The hidden debt to Muslim civilization

Author: HE Zaimeche al-Djazairi

Discover in this reference work an in-depth analysis of the influence of Islamic civilization on the West, presented by HE Zaimeche al-Djazairi. The author highlights the often overlooked contributions of Islam throughout the centuries, demonstrating how they have shaped modern development in diverse fields such as algebra, medicine, philosophy and many others. Through solid evidence and rigorous analysis, this work reveals how this influence has been obscured by Western historiography. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of science, culture and civilization.

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In this reference work on a subject that is too often caricatured, SE Zaimeche al-Djazairi offers an in-depth study of the influence of Islamic civilization on its Western counterpart and demonstrates, with numerous supporting evidence and sources, that the latter must in largely its rise towards modernity in its encounter with the first - and this, much more than in the supposed "rediscovery of ancient heritage".

Algebra, medicine, cartography, infrastructure, optics, industry, philosophy, finance, architecture or paper: the author methodically proves the medieval Islamic origin of a number of innovations of all kinds and the decisive impact of the work of Muslim scientists and scholars on the birth and development of the modern world. From the first great European scholars of the Middle Ages and the Jews to monarchs, pilgrims, traders and other crusaders, from Spain and Sicily to the south of France, the different agents of dissemination of knowledge of Islamic civilization and the places of contact and influence are meticulously studied, as is the monumental work of the translators.

Finally, the author shows the way in which this influence considered "shameful" has been neglected, even almost entirely obscured by Western historiography, in particular by the exaggeration of the role of ancient Greece, the concealment of historical facts and the promotion of stubborn legends which are here refuted point by point