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Known as Avicenna in Europe, this famous Persian physician became a doctor at 16 and wrote the CANON ON MEDICINE
Ibn Sina
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The ability to move up in social class
social mobility
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The poet who wrote a history of Persia called BOOK OF KINGS
Firdawsi
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This Muslim astronomer and scholar wrote THE RUBAIYAT
Omar Khayyam
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A short, entertaining story, often historical
anecdote
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The art of beautiful handwriting
calligraphy
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Known as Averoes in Europe, this Muslim philosopher and scholar put all knowledge to the test except for the Quran
Ibn Rushd
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This Arab thinker set standards for the scientific study of history, and stressed economics and social structure as causes of important events
Ibn Khaldun
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This great Muslim mathematician pioneered the study of algebra
al- Khwarizmi
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This head physician at Baghdad's chief hospital conducted a pioneering study of measles and small pox
Muhammad al- Razi
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