Ibn Sina (980-1037), Known in Christian Europe as Avicenna

question 55

Multiple Choice

Ibn Sina (980-1037) , known in Christian Europe as Avicenna,

• A) was a converted Jew who served as vizier to several rulers in the Islamic world.
• B) taught mathematics at one of Baghdad's leading madrasas.
• C) studied astronomy at Córdoba and illustrated his own treatises.
• D) drew upon his experience as a physician in writing his Canon of Medicine.

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