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Sophisticated,
improved, astronomical
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instruments,
like the astrolabe, were used
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for mapping
the heavens.
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Much of the
Muslim achievement had
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practical
application.
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In medicine
improved hospitals and formal
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courses of
studies accompanied important
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experimental
work.
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Traders and
craftsmen introduced
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machines and
techniques originating in
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China for
paper making, silk weaving, and
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ceramic
firing.
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Scholars made
some of the world's best
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maps.
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