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.

Related Terms

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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Languages: - East Asian 中文, 日本, 한국어, South Asian हिन्दी, Urdu, বাংলা, తెలుగు, தமிழ், ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, မြန်မာဘာသာ, European español, Deutsch, français, русский, português do Brasil, Italian, polski) 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. This period is traditionally understood to have begun during the reign of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid (786 to 809) with the inauguration of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, where scholars from various parts of the world with different cultural backgrounds were mandated to gather and translate all of the world's classical knowledge into the Arabic language.

Etymology

The term "Islamic Golden Age" has not been attributed to a specific origin, but is generally understood to refer to the period of time when the Islamic world was at the forefront of cultural, scientific, and intellectual development.

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Abbasid Caliphate: The third of the Islamic caliphates to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
House of Wisdom: An intellectual center during the Islamic Golden Age.
Arabic language: The Semitic language of the Arabs, spoken by some 150 million people throughout the Middle East and North Africa.

Medical Advancements

During the Islamic Golden Age, significant advancements were made in the field of Medicine. Physicians such as Ibn Sina and Al-Razi made significant contributions to medical science. They developed the basis for modern clinical trials, the discipline of ophthalmology, and a system of medicine that revolved around the human body's own natural processes, known as Unani medicine.

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Ibn Sina: Also known as Avicenna, was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, thinkers and writers of the Islamic Golden Age.
Al-Razi: A Persian polymath, physician, alchemist, philosopher, and important figure in the history of medicine.
Unani medicine: A system of alternative medicine that purports to be the traditional system of medicine in the Middle East.

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Islamic Golden Age