HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Coffee
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Flying machine
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Algebra
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the Islamic world’s most significant contributions to modern science was the translation of mathematical, medical, and astronomical texts from their original languages into Arabic.
Detailed explanation-2: -Abstract: As early as the 9th century A.D., a Muslim scholar named ‘Abbas Ibn Firnas pioneered the study of aviation. Ibn Firnas invented a gliding device which managed to be airborne for a short duration of time.
Detailed explanation-3: -More than 1, 000 years before the Wright brothers made their historic flight over Kitty Hawk, and 600 years before Leonardo da Vinci sketched out a mechanical flying machine, an Islamic inventor named Abbas ibn Firnas designed a winged device, dared to test it himself and … flew. Glided, to be more precise.
Detailed explanation-4: -Surgery. Around the year 1, 000, the celebrated doctor Al Zahrawi published a 1, 500 page illustrated encyclopedia of surgery that was used in Europe as a medical reference for the next 500 years. Coffee. Flying machine. University. Algebra. Optics. Music. Toothbrush. More items •29-Jan-2010