BBC Video: The Golden Age of Islam

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. The House of Wisdom was located in ________.

Damascus correct incorrect

Persepolis correct incorrect

Cairo correct incorrect

Baghdad correct incorrect

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. Which of these best describes Al-Khwarizmi?

poet correct incorrect

ulama correct incorrect

mathematician correct incorrect

physicist correct incorrect

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. Which of these was used to calculate the circumference of the earth?

the size of the earth compared to the sun correct incorrect

the relationship of the earth to the sun correct incorrect

the distance between widely spaced markers correct incorrect

the speed of the earth's rotation correct incorrect

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