Q&A ALL ABOUT ISLAMIC GOLDEN AGE
What were some of the foundational underpinnings of what we’ve come to call the Islamic Golden Age?
There are several factors and circumstances that led to the Golden Age. First, and perhaps most significantly, is the very nature of the Abbasid Caliphate (750-1258). It was a vast empire; at its greatest extent, it stretched from modern-day Tunisia to modern-day Pakistan. The empire also experienced virtually no external attacks and no internal political turmoil. Their power and stability can be accredited to unifying people under a single faith, that of Islam; the use and standardisation of Arabic; and the creation
