Question

The Golden Age of the Abbasid preserved knowledge while Europe was in the Dark Ages after the fall of Rome. Match the ways that Islamic scholars preserved knowledge and contributed to knowledge: (5 points)
Preservation Contribution
translation of Greek and Roman texts


encyclopedia of medical science


new way to measure latitude and longitude


algebra


libraries


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Answer 1

Preservation:
- translation of Greek and Roman texts
- libraries

Contribution:
- encyclopedia of medical science (e.g., Avicenna/Ibn Sīnā’s Canon)
- new way to measure latitude and longitude (e.g., methods by al‑Birūnī and others)
- algebra (e.g., al‑Khuwārizmī)