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“…this. Perhaps the most notable among them was ibn Rushd (1126–1198), known as Averroes in the rest of Europe. Reminiscent of earlier Muslim scholars of the Golden Age, he was a polymath who…”
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“…pioneer of experimental surgery and co-author , with Ibn Rushd (Averroes), of an original encyclopedic medical text. His two daughters became doctors. 1096 The nrst Crusades begin . 1110 Ibn Tufa!, author of…”
Text around a matching name in the supplied edition. Extraction may retain spelling or spacing errors.“…THE BBc 'S AN ISLAMIC HISTORY OF EUROPE Ibn Rushd, known in the West as Averroes, was the real start of Europe's classical revival, and this was 200 years before the start of…”
Text around a matching name in the supplied edition. Extraction may retain spelling or spacing errors.“…Sicily, were destined to set Europe ablaze: "He [Averroes] would launch Paris as the intellectual capital of Europe ... Averroes was trying to defuse a conflict between science and religion because the truth…”
Text around a matching name in the supplied edition. Extraction may retain spelling or spacing errors.“…for his work on spherical trigonometr y. • Ibn Rushd, from 12th-cen tury Cordoba, was known in the West as Averroes. He was one of the most famous doctors in Cordoba, but he…”
Text around a matching name in the supplied edition. Extraction may retain spelling or spacing errors.“…one of the inventors of the Naskhi script. Ibn Rushd, Abu'! Walid Muhammad al-Qurtubi, also known as Ave rroes (1 126-11 98); Cordoba,…”
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