How does the invention and use of paper affect the development if Islamic culture?
What will be an ideal response?
The use of paper is a major factor in the prosperity and the creative ferment experienced during Islam's golden age. Paper became the prime medium of memory and the focus of calligraphers and artists who created not only scholarly treatises but also romances, epics, and lyric poetry. Muslims had many more books than Europeans and they also translated Aristotle and other Greeks long before Europeans. The works of Aristotle were introduced by Muslims in Spain creating a Renaissance in European philosophy, medicine, and science. Increased intellectual curiosity was fostered by the growth of learning made possible by the explosion of books. As a result of book production, Abbasid Baghdad was the center of world culture. The book made cultural eloquence manifest and transportable allowing Islamic learning, and Islamic faith, to spread throughout the world.
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