Ibn Khaldun on the Fate of Islamic Science after the 11th Century

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Abdalla, Mohamad
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Muzaffar Iqbal

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2012
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Dominant Understanding: the Decline Theory The enterprise of science in Islamic civilization is often periodized into a golden age followed by decline.1 The golden age is considered to have come into existence through a gigantic endeavor to acquire and translate the ancient sciences of the Greeks between the eighth and ninth centuries. The translations era was followed by two centuries of splendid original thinking and contributions, and is known as the "golden age" of Islamic science. This so-called "golden age" is supposed to have lasted from the end of the ninth to the end of the eleventh century. The era after this period is conventionally known as the "age of decline".2

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New Perspectives on the History of Islamic Science

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3

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Middle Eastern and African History

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