The Sciences
•Sophisticated,
improved, astronomical instruments, like the astrolabe, were
used for mapping the heavens.
•Much
of the Muslim achievement had practical application.
•In
medicine improved hospitals and formal courses of studies accompanied
important experimental work.
•Traders
and craftsmen introduced machines and techniques originating in China
for paper making, silk weaving, and ceramic firing.
•Scholars
made some of the world's best maps.
