Muslim Cultural Legacies
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Muslim Scholars | specialists in many fields of study |
| Surgical Techniques | reason Muslims were successful against the Europeans in the Crusades |
| Dome of the Rock | famous mosque in Jerusalem |
| Kwarizimi | made significant advancements in Algebra |
| al-Farabi | "The Second Teacher" |
| Muslim Golden Age | conserved ancient Greek writings |
| al-Zahrawi | wrote medical encyclopedias & performed the first c-section |
| Albumasar | author of Persian astrology manuals |
| Al - Haythem | created a geocentric model of the universe |
| Al-Shatir | advanced the scientific method and criticized Ptolemy |
| Averroes | Wrote commentaries on Aristotle demonstrating that faith and reason are compatible. |
| Khaldoun | wrote a book of universal history about every field of knowledge of his day |
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