Muslim Inventions

A flying machine 500 years before da Vinci (Sterns, 2010)

In the Western World, the inventions and discoveries that were produced in the Muslim world often are taken for granted. However the world would be a much different today if Muslims had not contributed inventions that worked to transform the world. For example, Muslims can be attributed to such inventions as coffee, the first university, and even a toothbrush (Sterns, 2010). These specific inventions certainly transformed the world and it would be hard to imagine a world where these things did not exist. Although it is possible for such items to have been invented later, the Muslims contributed many things to modern society and these contributions are often overlooked or taken for granted. This paper will present five intentions that originated with Muslims that worked to transform the world.

Inventions

One invention that definitely transformed the modern world...
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