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Oct 15, 720
Jabir ibn Hayyan introduced the experimental scientific method.
Ibn Hayyan's cientific method is where the scientific method that is taught and practiced today originates. His method was chemistry-specific, but it has now been expanded to apply to many different branches of science. -
Jan 1, 763
The first psychaitric hospital of the Islamic Empire was built
The first psychiatric hospital and insane asylum of the Islamic Empire was built in Baghdad, furthering the exapansion of psychiatry that was, at the time, still in its early stages. -
Jan 1, 1000
Abu al-Qasim published Kitalb al-Tasrif
Abu al-Qasim's 30-chapter medical treatise, Kitab al-Tasrif, covered areas from dentistry to childbirth and transformed medical practice during the Islamic Golden Era. -
Jan 1, 1010
The method of triangulation was developed
Islamic mathematicians developed the method of triangulation that was used in geography and would, a few centuries later, be used to correctly estimate the size of the Earth. -
Jan 1, 1014
Ibn Sina published al-Shifa
Al-Shifa was Ibn Sina's major work in philosophy that revolutionized the way people of the Islamic Empire thought. -
Jan 1, 1021
Ibn al-Haytham published the Book of Optics
In the Book of Optics Ibn al-Haytham correctly explained how the eye receives wavelengths of light to see. His work made the practice of optometry more widespread. -
Jan 1, 1250
Ibn al-Nafis discovered the pulmonary circulation of blood
This discovery revolutionized medicine throughout the Islamic Empire and the world. -
Construction began on the Great Mosque of Cordoba
Not only was the Great Mosque of Cordoba a major religious site, but it was also a hub for Islamic intellectuals during the Islamic Golden Age. -
Breakthroughs made in trigonometry
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi made major strides in trigonometry with his work on sines, cosines, and tangents. His mathematical discorveries are still practiced today. -
Bayt al-Hikma was established in Baghdad
Also known as the House of Wisdom, the Bayt al-Hikma was a library, translation institute, and academy founded by Caliph Harun al-Rashid. The House of Wisdom served as a critical setting for discovery and scholastics by Islamic academics. -
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi developed algebra
Al-Khwarizmi developed algebra from the rudimentary form that Chinese mathematicians had formulated prior to his studies. -
Al-Rhazi published his treatise on smallpox and measles
Al-Razi, or Rhazes, published his work that described the symptoms and possible treatments for both smallpox and measles. The Treatise was translated and then published in Europe over forty times during the span of 1498-1866, making huge impacts in medical practice. -
The University of al-Azhar was founded
The University of al-Azhar in Cairo, Egypt served as the center of Islamic learning. Students there studied the Qur'an and Islamic law in detail, along with logic, grammar, rhetoric, and astronomy.
