... love of knowledge and books. Then during the Abbasid era, House of Wisdom was established in Baghdad, where scholars from different parts of the world translated books into Arabic, Greek, Persian and Indian languages. No one can deny that Muslims contributed to various fields of human knowledge. Science, ... object being viewed emits rays of light that travel to the viewer's eye. He is well known over the world for being the scientist who formed the basis of modern physical optics. Jabir Ibn Hayyan, the father of Arab chemistry, is the Muslim scientist who laid the foundations of chemi...

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... the alphabetic system of writing. Also pottery, and other material objects can from the Near East and many of which are displayed in museum around the world. The second chapter really interested me with the physical and climatic aspects of the East. I had also thought that the East was all desert, I have the image of what Aladdin in my head as to ... time periods. I also found his use of pictures to be very beneficial, for in some cases I was able to put a face with a name, or location where he was describing on a map. In some cases the near east is a very interesting topic and seeing t...

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