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The Influence of Islamic Astronomy and Cartography on Navigation and Science

This exploration of Islamic contributions to astronomy and cartography highlights key innovations that shaped navigation and scientific understanding. It covers the use of the astrolabe and sextant in determining direction, innovations in map-making and geographic knowledge, and significant figures such as Ibn al-Haytham and al-Khwarizmi. Their work not only advanced the fields of science and mathematics but also provided the foundation for European exploration and understanding of the cosmos. The integration of these disciplines illustrates the rich legacy of Islamic scholarship in history.

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The Influence of Islamic Astronomy and Cartography on Navigation and Science

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  1. Monica’s Flashcards B-Block CP World History

  2. Astronomy Star-tech S 1 • Studied sky as a source of time-keeping • Astronomical time-keeping told them when to pray 5 times a day • Astronomy determined latitude and longitude- using the stars • Tool for navigation • Astrolabe- instrument that calculated position of stars to find direction- adopted and perfected by Arabs • Sextant- more sophisticated version of the astrolabe • Sextant was the beginning of European exploration

  3. Ibn al-Alam Springer S 1 • Composed astronomy handbook with tables • Cartography- geographical coordinates • Fixed stars • Wrote tables for calendars • Studied spherical functions • Died in Baghdad in 985 • Came from Baghdad

  4. Cartography Wikipedia S 1 • Cartography is the practice and making of maps • A way that reality can be modeled • Map editing- selecting traits of objects to be mapped • Map projections • Arab geographer produced an atlas- included history of Africa, Indian ocean, and the far east

  5. Astronomy Wikipedia S 1 • Study of stars in the sky • 10,000 manuscripts in world today • Anwa- observations on settings of particular stars

  6. Mathematics Wikipedia Q+S 1 • “Islamic mathematics fully developed decimal place-value number system to include decimal fractions” • Began to see difference between algebra and geometry • Made advances in Greek geometry • Showed ingenious work in trigonometry

  7. Important people Center for Islam and Science S 1 • Jabir IbnHayyan- one of the most important people in islamic science • He was a alchemist • Corpus (arabic writings)- collections of recipies for making metals into golds

  8. Ibn al-Haytham Wikipedia S 1 • Born July 1st, 965 • Born in Basra- present day Iraq • Died March 6th, 1040 • He was a physicist and mathematician • Thought he could regulate flood of the Nile- in end couldn’tdo itso was put under house arrest • WroteBook of Optics • After house arrest, wrote about physics, math, and astronomy • Traveled to Spain- did many scientific experiments

  9. Chemistry Wikipedia S 1 • The study of composition, property, and behavior of matter • Has to do with atoms and how they react with each other • The first Muslim alchemist was Khalid IbnYazid • Alchemist: forerunner of chemistry

  10. Physics Wikipedia S 1 • Natural science that involves matter and motion through space and time • Fields of physics studied: optics, magnetism, mechanics, statics, dynamics, and astonomy

  11. Important People(Abu Musa JabiribnHaiyan al-Azdi)History of IslamicScienceS 1 • Was the most famous Arabic alchemist • Was the author of a book on the Astrolabe • He was known for his great workings in chemistry and his many experiments • He observed magnetic forces

  12. Islamic Geography About.comS 1 • Islam's only knew the local areas around them or from looking at a map • In 762 Baghdad became the capitol and became the central area of knowledge and many key geographical achievements • Islam's view of the world was more accurate than the Christians view at the time • Muslims were natural explorers

  13. Early Science Islamic ScienceS 1 • Whole Greek learning's was rethought over by the Muslims • People copied and plagiarized the workings of Muslim Scientists • Discovered whole new concept of planetary motion

  14. Mathematics WikipediaS 1 • Most importatnt contribution to mathematics was the development of algrbra • Omar kayyam wrote first book on algebra

  15. People who traveled were astronomers, mathematicians, alchemists. Ect. that were full of knowledge on places, people, and technology • Wrote work on basis of geographic writing • Accurate surveying of land and at sea • One of the earliest geographers was al-Khwarizmi, a mathematician who drew a map of the known earth • calculated longitude and latitude of coordinates • Ibn Hawqaltraveled the world and wroteabout the places he visited and people he saw

  16. Muslim geography reached apex with Muhammad as leader • Muslims had to travel to Mecca once in lifetime for the Hajj which gave them greater understandings of their area • Travel guides assisted trip to help lead the way

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