Interaction and confrontation between East and West and its representation in the transfer of medical knowledge from Islamic civilization to Europe

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

Mahmoud Akbari ¹ , ahmad ashrafi ² , Mohammad Nabi Salim ³

1 - -Ph.D.Student of Islamic Histiry, Department Of History, Humanities Sciences College, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad Univercity, Shahrood, Iran
2 - - Asistance Professor, Department Of History, Humanities Sciences College, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad Univercity, Shahrood, Iran.
3 - - Asistance Professor, Department Of History, Humanities Sciences College, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad Univercity, Shahrood, Iran.

Received: 2021-02-22 Accepted : 2021-07-13 Published : 2021-08-23

Keywords: Europe, Islamic medicine, interactions of civilization, Middle Ages,

Abstract :

During the confrontation between the two Islamic civilizations and Western civilization in the 5th and 6th centuries AH, a favorable opportunity was provided for the transmission of civilizational heritage and cultural and scientific achievements. Even the Crusades, aimed at infiltrating the Orient, introduced Europeans to the radiant face of Islamic civilization and culture. In the transition from the confrontation to the interaction of civilization, medical knowledge also spread from the field of Islam to Western civilization and reminded Europe of the need to increase the level of health and scientific dynamism.Relying on a descriptive-analytical method based on library data, the present study aims to address the unspoken angles and factors affecting the process of transfer of Islamic medicine to the Western world along the cultural interactions of the Middle Ages. One of the important aspects in the process of civilization convergence between the two fields of East and West was borrowing science and attracting innovative techniques of Muslim scholars, especially in the field of scientific adaptation. Thus, the innovations and teachings of Muslim physicians and the progress of the Islamic world in the field of health and paramedics attracted the attention of Europeans and, by translating the works of Muslims, fueled the wave of the Renaissance in the West.