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Crash Course History of Science #7: The Medieval Islamicate World

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The religion of Islam significantly influenced knowledge-making in the greater Mediterranean and western Asian world. Islamicate scholars gave us terms such as algebra, algorithm, alcohol, and alkali. We'll dive into Islamic medicine and the beginnings of Islamicate natural philosophy in this video. [13:04]

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abbasid caliphate, al-rashid, crash course history of science, house of wisdom, ibn rushd, islamic achievements, islamic astronomers, islamic medicine, islamic philosophers, madrasas, the medieval islamicate world, translation movement, achievements, history of science
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