دور العرب في تطور علم الجغرافية

Abstract

       The development of the science of geography was linked to the emergence of Islam. The need to know the methods of Hajj after it became obligatory for every Muslim man and woman capable of performing it and people headed to Mecca from far and remote places. This matter contributed greatly to its development, especially after the Islamic conquests in which Muslims needed to know all The roads leading to countries and regions, and knowing their directions and dangers to expand the area of the Arab Islamic state and spread Islam to the furthest points of the earth