What helped bring about Islam's golden age?

Academics—many of them fluent in Greek and Arabic—exchanged ideas and translated Greek texts into Arabic. Chief Muslim leaders after Muhammad's death were referred to as Caliphs. The era of the Abbasid Caliphs' construction and rule of Baghdad is known as the Golden Age of Islam. It was an era when scholarship thrived.

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muslims have taken his goods and products to different parts of asia an indonesia. sometimes just traveled and trade, but in other occasions, stayed in the place and made a living.

trade was the key for muslims economies to prosper. their commerce routes reached far places like malaysia and java in the 11th century.

another important factor for prosperity was that muslim states served as the middle point for european traders.

they used to travel by land but sailing the seas -the indian ocean- really increase the exportation of products.

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