INNOVATION OF MAP INVENTION IN THE ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION

Innovation of Map Invention in The Islamic Civilization
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This article discusses innovations which occurred in the invention of world maps in the Islamic civilization.

The purpose is to study the said innovations as well as the contributions of prominent figures involved, at once

uplifting the status of Islam as a civilization which recognizes progress in science and technology. The method

used is content analysis by examining related resources. This study finds that innovation had occurred in map

invention beginning with a map produced by Marinus and improved by Ptolemy. Map invention later developed

during the Abbasid reign with the making of al-Ma’mun’s maps and then al-Idrisi’s maps. The importance of

this study lies in the huge contribution of innovation in map invention to the world community especially in

geographical knowledge and the (coordinates) locations of places in these maps.