Golden Age, Golden Dynasty?

How was al-Andalus in the Golden Age politically? When the eighth emir Abd al-Rahman III came to power in 912, al-Andalus faced many problems. Although, he was able to build a huge standing army, many of them being non-Muslim. This can be compared in today's reality. For instance, when we elect presidents, they expect to encounter many problems. So, the presidents have to find solutions to these problems. In comparison, both civilizations encountered many problems.
Nothing could have happened without al-Andalus' great economy. The city had many workshops that produced silk, leather, carpet, paper, weapons, and crystal glass. These were some essentials to daily life in the city. Right now, our economy is in a downfall, but our president expects it to have a growth. If we are able to succeed, then we can be compared to al-Andalus' economy. Although, we don't have many workshops producing products. So, both in the present day and back then had a point where economy was big.
In al-Andalus, they were big in culture. By the 900's the city had over 70 libraries, with one of the libraries' with over 400,000 books! Many Muslim scholars translated books into Latin. Today, we don't have that much as libraries as al-Andalus had. But, we do have people translating books into a foreign language. Many of these translated books are probably how to speak the foreign language. Our world compared to al-Andalus' is similar in cultural ways.
What about technology? Farmers produced rice, figs, cherries, apricots, peaches, cotton, and olives. Farmers sold their products at markets scattered throughout the city. Also, many Muslim mathematicians or doctors built on the works of earlier people. In the present-day, we have many farmers producing lots and lots of fruits and vegetables. They were also sold in the markets or fed to their individual families. We had many people building on or extending works every day, to find a new idea. Mathematics, medicine, and farming are some ways we are similar to al-Andalus.