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The House of Wisdom
Mamun's Baghdad: translation, authorship and observation under one roof.
Algebra
Khwarizmi makes it a science: algebra and the world map.
Alchemy
Jabir: from elixir to laboratory.
Medicine
Razi and Ibn Sina: the community's medicine as the world's reference.
Astronomy and earth
Biruni measures the earth and compares nations.
The historians
Tabari, Masudi, Ibn Khaldun: history from reports to theory.
al-Tabari · Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Mas'udi · Ibn Khaldun
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Overview
A path through the minds that changed science: the House of Wisdom, al-Khwarizmi, Jabir, al-Razi, Ibn Sina and al-Biruni, and the astrolabe in the hand.
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islam.museum contributors. “Science in the Golden Age”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-golden-age-science/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.