Sustainable Technology: Examples, Advantages And Challenges
Papermaking technology was spread to Europe by the Umayyad conquest of Hispania. In Europe the fiber to make pulp for making paper was obtained from linen and cotton rags. Lynn Townsend White Jr. credited the spinning wheel with rising the supply of rags, which led to low-cost paper, which was a factor in the improvement of printing. The Muslim caliphates united in trade large areas that had beforehand traded little, including the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, the Iberian Peninsula, and parts of the Indian subcontinent. Significant advances were made within the region through the Islamic Golden Age (8th–16th…