Arabian Dawn

By:Dominic Turk

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ه What is the Renaissance? Slide 3ه From Mecca to the Medici’s Slides 4-5ه Medical Revolution Slides 6-8ه Impact On Us Slides 9-10

What is the Renaissance?ن Period of intellectual growth and learning

ن Europe’s Renaissance occurred from 1400-1650

ن Francesco Petrarch is credited with starting Renaissanceن Founded humanistic philosophyن Encouraged learning from ancient civilizationsن Built library to house vast collection of ancient works

ن Began in Italyن Peninsula in southeast Europeن Spread throughout Europe

From Mecca to the Medici’s

ڿ Built upon concepts from ancient civilizationsڿ Hindus, Greeks, and Romans

ڿ Refined algebra to more sophisticated formڿ Used concept of zero and decimal system

ڿ Zero is essential to physics, chemistry, and astronomy

ڿ Hindu Arabic numerals made calculations easierڿ Leonardo Fibonacci introduced algebra to Europe

From Mecca to the Medici’sهللا Algebra is essential to banking

هللا Allowed a banker to easily handle large numbersهللا Used by Medici bank

هللا Most successful and wealthy bankers in all of Europeهللا Had many royal and important clientsهللا Financed famous expeditions and paintings

هللا Without algebra, the Renaissance as we know it would not have occurred

Medical Revolutionغ Built upon teachings of ancient civilizations

غ Greeks and Romans

غ Medical scholars invented many medical instrumentsغ Abucalsis invented over thirty surgical tools

غ Scalpelغ Bone sawغ Forceps

غ Medical scholars wrote many books on a variety of medical topicsغ Anatomyغ Surgeryغ Disease

Medical Revolution

غ Muslim doctors were first to build hospitalsغ Thirty-four throughout empireغ Different wards for different diseases

غ Special quarters for insane

غ Islamic government first to require doctors to be licensedغ Licensed doctors knew what they were doing

غ Government sent out traveling clinics غ Spread medical knowledgeغ Provided medical care

Medical Revolution

ە Works of Avicenna and Abucalsis were very importantە Used in Italian and French universities until the 1600’s

ە Licensed doctors could provide authentic treatmentە Treatment legal

ە New surgical tools transformed surgeryە More sophisticated

Impact On Us

ع Invented fractionsع Represents non-terminating decimalsع Essential to cooking

ع Rounding does not give accurate answers

ع Extent of contributions unknown

Ramadhan Kofta1 lb. lean ground beef (less than 10% fat).2 medium onions, finely chopped.3 Tablespoons flour.1 cup oil for frying.5 eggs.½ cup parsley, finely chopped.2 Tablespoons rice.1 teaspoon salt.½ teaspoon black pepper.Allspice (Optional) Method : Sauté the onions and 2/3 of the ground beef in 1 tablespoon of oil for five minutes.

Impact On UsAbucalsis invented many tools still used todayش

PlasterشAdhesive Bandageش

Plaster used to strengthen castsشFill in holesش

Adhesive bandage used in almost every homeشUsed to dress woundsشMother’s favorite medical toolش

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