Tagged: Islamic world

November 29, 2022

Ibn Sina (aka Avicenna): Life, Accomplishments and Major Works of the Renowned Persian Polymath

It’s common knowledge that the advances in modern medicine are the result of numerous centuries of research, development and experimentation. However, unbeknownst to many people, a large number of those...

Middle Ages

March 4, 2021

Were the Middle Ages that Dark as some historians often describe the period?

For centuries, the commonly held view was that the thousand years following the fall of the Western Roman Empire witnessed large swathes of Western Europe deteriorate socially, economically and politically....