Foreword
Introduction – Chapter One. The story begins: The golden age; Time line of development in Muslim civilization – Chapter Two. Home: On the coffee trail; Fine dining; Three-course menu; Clocks; Chess; Music; Cleanliness; Trick devices; Vision and cameras; Fashion and style; Carpets – Chapter Three. School: Schools; Universities; House of wisdom; Libraries and bookshops; Translating knowledge; Mathematics; Trigonometry; Chemistry; Commercial chemistry; Geometry; Art and the arabesque; The scribe; Word power
Chapter Four. Market; Agricultural revolution; Farming manuals; Water management; Water supply; Dams; Windmills; Trade; Textiles; Paper; Pottery; Glass industry; Jewels; Currency – Chapter Five. Hospital: Hospital development; Instruments of perfection; Surgery; Blood circulation; Ibn Sina's bone fractures; Notebook of the oculist; Inoculation; Herbal medicine; Pharmacy; Medical knowledge – Chapter Six. Town: Town planning; Architecture; Arches; Vaults; The dome; The spire; Influential ideas; Castles and keeps; Public baths; The tent; From kiosk to conservatory; Gardens; Fountains – Chapter Seven. World: Planet earth; Earth science; Natural phenomena; Geography; Maps; Travelers and explorers; Navigation; Naval exploration; Global communication; War and weaponry; Social science and economics
Chapter Eight. Universe: Astronomy; Observatories; Astronomical instruments; Astrolabe; Armillary sphere; Signs for wise people; The moon; Lunar formations; Constellations; Flight
Wealth of knowledge
Personalities from the past
Europe's leading minds
A thousand years of scholarship
Authors and treatises
Further reading
Glossary
Acknowledgments.