ACHIEVEMENTS

=__//Some of the achievements in Islam history are....//__= = __ALGEBRA:__ = ==Have you ever wondered to yourself "who started algebra in the first place?" It all started with a man named Khwarizmi. He was born in the late 700s in a city called Baghdad. Khwarizmi and other muslims scholars studied greek passages and letters but they came up with their own way of solving things-experiments. And Khwarizmi did study other texts such as Indian ones to eventually come up with a method called "al-jabr" which we today call algebra. Khwarizmi even had a book talking about "the art of bringing together unknowns to match a known quantity". Muslims also believe that math is the start and beginning of all strategies, knowledge and learning. Therefore, Khwarizimi's invention of a strategy was a huge step in the mathematics of the world. He created the basics of algebra and we still use them in today's world.== = __SAKKS :__ = =The Muslims invented a thing called sakks after they started having banks around. Sakks are banking checks that the merchants used like money. The sakks were much easier to use instead of money because that didn't have to walk around with bundles of cash. Also, if the purchaser didn't have the money with him, he could easily write a check which would be a promise of money to the merchant. The merchant would then go to a bank and "cash the check". This means he would show the sakk and then money would be taken out of the earlier purchaser's account and given to the merchant. The invention of sakks is a major achievement because it made trade amazingly easy. It allowed people to exchange money so much quicker than they had been. And even today, sakks(checks) are a huge part of payements and banking. The Muslims invented something that had been used for more than 1,000 years!=

= __ISLAMIC ART__: =

==Islamic art is different than art that you see everyday. Muslim art usually never uses people in their artwork, because they worried that people will not worship Allah but will worship the pictures of the people. Muslims use different kinds of artwork such as; calligraphy, geometric patterns, and Arabesque. The Muslims use geometric designs on a lot of their artwork. They use geometric designs on things like buildings such as the Jami Masjid Mosque, and pottery. Ornamental writing is another type of art that the Muslims and the most important art used because they believe its a way to show how great Allah is to them. Calligraphy is when the Muslims use the words of the alphabet to make their artwork and make it unique. Arabesques design has flowers, leaves, and geometric designs, in its artwork. You can find Arabesque design in a lot of things in Islam like, sculptures, textiles, and Muslim mosaics. Muslim art is beautiful to look at and is found in a lot of different places in Islam.==

(Picture of Islamic art)