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Vol 4 Ep 3 - The Abbasid Caliphate

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The Impact of Arabic Academics in the 21st Century

Al halil iben ahmad al farahidi was a polymath born in the omani area of the arabian peninsula. His most well known work was the first known arabic dictionary, which is renowned for its importance. Some of his works were rewritten in latin some five centuries later by an anonymous man from spain. We often celebrate advances in greek academia far more readily than arabian acadaemia. And you can put forward your own reasons why you think that might be.

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