Back to basics: Include the Arabic/Islamic civilization in history curriculum. This empire was 700 years ahead of Medieval Europe in all aspect of living.
Posted on: December 22, 2025
By Dr Roy Casagranda
What most history classes leave out is that during the medieval period, the Middle East was centuries ahead of Europe in science, technology, medicine, and infrastructure.
While much of Europe lacked basic sanitation, education, and stable institutions, the Islamic/Arabic world was experiencing a Golden Age.
Cities like Baghdad, Damascus, Cairo, and Cordoba had hospitals, universities, libraries, paved streets, sewage systems, and even indoor plumbing.
Scholars in the Middle East were developing algebra, preserving and expanding on Greek philosophy, mapping the stars, advancing surgical techniques, and translating major scientific texts — all while large parts of Europe remained in intellectual and technological stagnation.
Much of the knowledge that later fueled the European Renaissance came from Arabic texts. Yet this legacy is rarely acknowledged in mainstream Western education.
To understand world history accurately, we must look beyond Eurocentric narratives and recognize the global foundations of science and civilization.
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