Practice PPSC questions with answers and explanations.
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Ibn Rushd was known in Latin Europe as Averroes.
He wrote influential works on philosophy, law, and medicine.
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Al-Razi compiled extensive medical observations in Al-Hawi.
He was also known in Latin as Rhazes.
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The Ka'bah stands within Al-Masjid al-Haram in Makkah.
It is the qiblah for Muslim prayer.
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Ibn Sina wrote The Canon of Medicine.
The work influenced medical education for centuries.
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The Latinized form of Al-Khwarizmi's name influenced the word algorithm.
He also made major contributions to algebra.
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Ibn al-Haytham developed experimental approaches to vision and light.
His Book of Optics became highly influential.
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Al-Biruni studied Indian religion, science, geography, and society.
His work showed careful comparative observation.
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Al-Ma'mun patronized translation, science, and scholarship.
The House of Wisdom expanded during his reign.
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Al-Andalus referred to Muslim-ruled territories in the Iberian Peninsula.
Its cities became important centers of culture and learning.
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Cordoba became a leading political and intellectual center.
It was known for libraries, architecture, and scholarship.
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Abd al-Rahman I established an independent Umayyad emirate in Cordoba.
He survived the Abbasid overthrow of the Umayyads.
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Tariq ibn Ziyad crossed into Iberia in 711 CE.
Gibraltar's name is linked to Jabal Tariq.
