Islam Science Mostly Chinese Science

I was wondering how much inventions and scientific discoveries did Islam  take from China. It is known that the  gunpowder was used by the the Ottomans Turks,and they were able to defeat different Islamic Dynasties because of it . We know about the printing press & paper,tea,ballistic missiles and Fireworks. I know about the great Islamic inventors such as Al Jazari and Geber.

We know the Mughal dynasty was in close proximity of China but the most effect transport chain to intertwine both knowledges would be the Mongolian Khans to adopt Islam. They great mail carrier system .It is even said the Bubonic Plague was brought back from the far east but Europe bore the brunt of it, whilst Islamic Territories were able to purge it  because of their advancements in medicine. It seems Islamic Scientice and Alchemy have adopted alot from Ancient Chinese knowledge.

How much of Islam Science is derived from Chinese Science?

"Islamic science" is a convenient term but it's really a misnomer.

The Caliphates passed on knowledge brought to them from the east, but its intellectuals also made discoveries of their own in many fields, particularly navigation, optics, medicine, math and astronomy.


Edited by Reginmund - 02-Feb-2009 at 09:43

I agree with Pinguin that the Islamic Schience was mostly built on the achievements of the Classical Antiquity.

Originally posted by arze arabs saved the science when europeans were burning their books. Arabs also made a lot of things better

Originally posted by es_bih Too late

Of course. Influences came and go. Just an example is in the books. For instance, printing and paper making was developed in East Asia and China. But the format of the book (not in a roll as in the ancient times, but leaves bind together one in top of the other) was a Western invention that spread to Asia all the way to China. Globalization in action.