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... century . They compiled lists of stars and were soon able to predict eclipses . That early knowledge was not only ... century but is copied from an older document of the end of the third millennium ; the second , the Rhind papyrus , kept ...
... century . They compiled lists of stars and were soon able to predict eclipses . That early knowledge was not only ... century but is copied from an older document of the end of the third millennium ; the second , the Rhind papyrus , kept ...
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... century · when Islām was already on the downward path and Latin Christendom was climb- ing higher and higher . This is very interesting , but the rule rather than the exception : when people boast too much of their culture it means ...
... century · when Islām was already on the downward path and Latin Christendom was climb- ing higher and higher . This is very interesting , but the rule rather than the exception : when people boast too much of their culture it means ...
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... century , the main body of Greco - Arabic knowledge was al- ready available to Latin readers , but the more they had , the more they wanted . By the end of the fol- lowing century , and even by the middle of it , there was little of ...
... century , the main body of Greco - Arabic knowledge was al- ready available to Latin readers , but the more they had , the more they wanted . By the end of the fol- lowing century , and even by the middle of it , there was little of ...
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