Section 3 Flashcards
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Social Mobility
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the ability to move up in social class.
2
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Firdawsi
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he created the Shah Namah (Book of Kings), which tells the history of Persia.
3
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Omar Khayyam
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scholar and astronomer, is known for the Rubaiyat.
4
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Calligraphy
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the art of beautiful handwriting.
5
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Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
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put all knowledge except the Quran to the test of reason.
6
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Ibn Khaldun
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set standards for the scientific study of history.
7
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al-Khwarizmi
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one of the greatest Muslim mathematicians.
8
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Muhammed al-Razi
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head physician at Baghdad’s chief hospital.
9
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Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
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Wrote the Canon on Medicine, an encyclopedia about what the Greeks, Arabs, and he himself learned about diagnosing and treating diseases.
