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Question
Answer the following question briefly:
What knowledge did the Arabs gather from various other ancient civilizations?
Solution
Knowledge absorbed and assimilated by Arab scholars from different civilizations:
- Chinese:
- Art of paper making,
- Glass making techniques,
- Use of mariner’s compass.
- Greeks:
- Geometry.
- Persian:
- Astronomy.
- Indians:
- Mathematical theories
- medicine
- Astronomy
- Philosophy
- Administration
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