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Do you love me?
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Mathematics Umar Al-Khayyam (d. 1130) mathematician and poet of the ‘Rubaiyat,” advanced algebra extensively and developed a calendar more accurate than the Gregorian.
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posted on: Nov 19, 2014
Ibn-Khaldun (1332-1406) was the father of modern historiography and sociology, and also did work in economics, anthropology and political science.