Was Decentralization the Key to the Islamic Golden Age?

The Islamic Golden Age is referred to a period of cultural, economic and scientific thriving in the history of Islam, historically dated from the 8th century to the 14th century. The House of Wisdom was founded in 8th century Baghdad by Harun al-Rashid of the Abbasid dynasty.The Abbasid Caliphate and the Tang Dynasty fought a battle in 751. Once Tang Chinese emperor lost the battle, guarded paper making secret is released via prisoners of the war. The Abbasids established banks across the empire for the exchange of currency. Later Ayyubids extended the banking to a system of maritime trade credit and insurance.The Ayyubid empire built up by Saladin was a confederation of semi-independent principalities which the Sultan had conquered by launching a series of military operations in an organized and systematic manner. The Ayyubid domination did not represent any unified and centralized state; it was instead a confederation of autonomous principalities. The Sultan was helped by wazir, wali, qazi, treasurer and other officers in the administration and wali, qazi and treasurer is a perfect image of federated administration