Baghdad's House of Wisdom, science and scholarship, Genghis Khan, and Mongol successor states.
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- What was the House of Wisdom in medieval Baghdad?
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A major center of learning and translation established in the 9th century, where scholars translated Greek, Persian and Indian texts into Arabic- Who was the primary patron of the House of Wisdom?
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Caliph Al-Mamun, who ruled the Abbasid Caliphate (813-833)- What major mathematical concept did Al-Khwarizmi develop?
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Algebra, with the word itself derived from the Arabic 'al-jabr'- Name the Persian physician and philosopher who wrote the Canon of Medicine.
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Ibn Sina, known in Europe as Avicenna- What was Al-Razi known for in medieval Islamic medicine?
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Distinguishing smallpox from measles and pioneering clinical observation methods- What astronomical advances were made by scholars at the House of Wisdom?
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They developed astrolabes, improved astronomical tables, and advanced spherical geometry for celestial calculations- In what fields did Islamic scholars make major advances between the 9th-12th centuries?
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Mathematics, astronomy, medicine, optics and philosophy- How did Islamic scholars preserve European knowledge during the medieval period?
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They translated and preserved Greek texts that would otherwise have been lost to medieval Europe- What role did Baghdad play in the Islamic Golden Age?
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It was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate and the intellectual center of the Islamic world- What technology did Baghdad's papermakers adopt and spread throughout the Islamic world?
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Papermaking, acquired from Chinese prisoners and used to mass-produce texts- What was Genghis Khan's birth name?
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Temüjin- In what year did Temüjin unite the Mongol tribes?
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1206- What territory did Genghis Khan's empire span at its height?
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From the Pacific Ocean to Eastern Europe, the largest contiguous land empire in history- What military innovations did the Mongols employ?
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Mounted cavalry archers, rapid movement, and organization into decimal military units (tumen)- In what year did Genghis Khan die?
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1227
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