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Article: ISLAM AWARENESS WEEK: Civilisation: Achievements through the ages.(Features)
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- Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
- Article date:
- November 19, 2004
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CHESS IN THE 8th century, Muslims brought chess to Spain and it spread to Western Europe. Haroon al-Rashid, the famous Muslim ruler, presented a chess set as well as one of the earliest clocks to Charlemagne.
UNIVERSITIES AND EDUCATION The House of Wisdom was established in Baghdad in the 9th century, staffed by both Christian and Muslim scholars.
Colleges and universities became widespread in the Muslim world. Muslims ...