Word: averroes
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...wrote a mathematical treatise that for the first time used the word al-jabr - algebra - to describe the process of solving equations. Three Baghdad brothers produced pioneering works in mechanical engineering. In Cordoba, under princely patronage, the 12th century thinker Ibn Rushd, also known by the medieval Latin name Averroës, reconciled Islamic religion and Aristotelian philosophy in ways that would influence the European Renaissance. While the Golden Age empire was wealthy, diverse and unified by a common language, regional politics were not always stable. The polymath Ibn Sina (980-1037) found himself out of favor - and sometimes...
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