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Soap
Hard soap: hard toilet soap with a
pleasant smell was protein the
middle East during the Islam Golden
age, when soap making became
established industry recipes for soap
are described by Muhammad ibn
Zakariya Al razi who gave a recipe for
producing glycerine from olive oil.
Flying machine
It was invented by Hassani, he designed it roughly resembling a bird costume. Firnas flew it for a,
moment, but ended up falling on the ground breaking his back but it inspires Italian artist and inventor
Leonardo da Vinci’s hundreds of years.
Surgery
Around the year 1000 the celebrated Doctor Al
Zahrawai published a 1500 page illustrated of
surgery that was used in Europe as a medical
reference for the next 500 years. He discovers the
use of dissolving cat gut to stitch wounds.
Toothbrush
According to Hassani, prophet Muhammad
popularized the use of first toothbrush in around
600 which comes from miswak tree. He cleaned
his breath, substances similar to miswak are used
in modern toothpaste.
University
Fatima al fihriya was an Arab Muslim lady who’s credited with founding the oldest
existing, continuously opening and first degree awarding University, the University of
Al Qarawiyen Morocco, fez in 859 C. E.
Coffee
It was made by Suffis in the 11th century, it used to help them to stay awake at night. By
the 13th century it reached Turkey, but until 16 th century the beans started boiling in
Europe, brought by Italy by a Venetian trader.
Algebra
The word algebra is derived from the Arabic word al jabr and this
comes from treatise written in the year 830 by Persian
mathematician Musa Al Khwarizmi, the Arabic title of the book is
kitab Al Mihtasar fi hisab al gabr wal muqabala.
Flying machine
Soap