Islamic+Achievements

=//**Checks**//= Before checks were invented large amounts of money were brought over seas, risks such as pirating and robbery followed by bringing along these items. Written checks were invented so large amounts of money weren't carried over seas. To muslims checks were called sakks, they were also made to encourage the flow of trade. Muslim money traders set up banks throughout the empire. Setting up banks in many places in the empire would allow a merchant with a sakk from a bank in Baghdad could exchange it for cash at a bank in any other city in the empire. Checks created ease and many other cultures began to use these. To this day we use checks, an islamic achievement that most of the world adopted. = = = = = = = = = = =//Treasury//= Ever heard of the U.S. Treasury? If you haven't a treasury is the department responsible for bugeting for and controlling public amount of money spent, management of national debt, and the overall management of the economy. The Muslims were the first to input a treasury in their government. Islamic law prohibits the collections of the payment of interest in the late 20th century. A number of Muslim banks were founded to cater to this particular banking market. This organized the government by managing the funds or revenue of the government, corporation or institution The creation of the treasury spread throughout the world, first to MIddle and Eastern and Western Europe and Asia then the rest of the world.



= = = = =Paper Mill= In 784-785 in the Abbasid Empire Muslim merchants bought light, thin and pliable material in the West. After discovering this material at markets and through trade the Muslims adopted this item and it spread throughout Midevil Europe.The first time Muslims might have seen paper was when Arab armies conquered central Asia in the eighth century. After seeing this new item they set up a paper mill in Baghdad. To make paper the Muslims used fiber pulp, which was originally used as wrappings in China and with a little refinement it was used as a writing material.