HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Question
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Muslims had practical reasons for supporting the advancement of science. Rulers wanted qualified physicians treating their ills. The faithful ____ relied on mathemati-cians and astronomers to calculate the times of prayer and the direction of Mec-ca ____ Their attitude reflected a deep-seated curiosity about the world and a quest for truth that reached back to ____ Mohammad himself. After the fall of Rome in A.D. 476, Europe entered a period of upheaval and chaos, an era in which scholarship suffered ____ In the early 800’s ____ the House of Wisdom opened in Baghdad. There, scholars of different cultures and beliefs worked ____ translating from Greece, India, Persia, and elsewhere into Arabic.What period of history within the Islamic world is described in the text?
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Abbasid Empire (750-1258 C.E)
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Byzantine Empire (300’s C.E-1453 C.E)
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Life of Muhammad (570-622 C.E)
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Ummyad Empire (661-750 C.E)
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Islamic scholars helped to reproduce the work of many Greek scientists and mathematicians such as Aristotle. The work of Islamic astronomers had a significant influence on later astronomers such as Galileo and Copernicus. Arab scientist Ibn al-Haytham is considered one of the world’s first theoretical physicists.
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