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The document discusses the history of astronomy in the Islamic world. Unlike other ancient civilizations, pre-Islamic Arabs relied solely on empirical observations of stars rather than mathematical systems. After Islam, Islamic astronomers added mathematics to their empirical observations to determine religious practices like prayer times and direction of prayer. The rise of Islam inspired progress in astronomy for centuries as the religion required its followers to know these religious observances. The his
- Author
- Abd Al-Nur
- Language
- EN