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  2. Geography and cartography in the medieval Islamic world

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    The works of Ibn Khordadbeh (c. 870) and Jayhani (c. 910s) were at the basis of a new Perso-Arab tradition in Persia and Central Asia. [10] The exact relationship between the books of Khordadbeh and Jayhani is unknown, because the two books had the same title, have often been mixed up, and Jayhani's book has been lost, so that it can only be approximately reconstructed from the works of other ...

  3. Muslim world - Wikipedia

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    The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs, politics, and laws of Islam [ 1] or to societies in which Islam is practiced. [ 2][ 3] In a modern geopolitical sense, these terms refer to countries in which Islam ...

  4. List of banned video games by country - Wikipedia

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    Belgium. In Belgium, games such as Phantasy Star Online 2, FIFA 17, Gears of War 4, Mario Kart Tour, Call of Duty: Mobile and others have been banned due to the usage of loot boxes (which constitute gambling under the country's existing laws) and their equivalents. More are expected to be banned for the same reason.

  5. G String (video game) - Wikipedia

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    G String is a 2020 first-person shooter video game developed by Eyaura and published by LunchHouse Software for Windows. The game is set in a dystopian cyberpunk far future North America ravaged by climate change, pollution, economic inequality and civil unrest. The player controls Myo Hyori, a teenage girl fighting to survive against the ...

  6. Islamic world contributions to Medieval Europe - Wikipedia

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    Islamic world contributions to Medieval Europe. A Christian and a Muslim playing chess, illustration from the Book of Games of Alfonso X (c. 1285). [ 1] During the High Middle Ages, the Islamic world was at its cultural peak, supplying information and ideas to Europe, via Al-Andalus, Sicily and the Crusader kingdoms in the Levant.

  7. Divisions of the world in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Early Islamic religious divisions. Early Islamic legal theory divided the world into two divisions: "abode of Islam" and "abode of war". The first, called dar al-Islam, sometimes Pax Islamica, consisted of Muslims and non-Muslims living under Islamic sovereignty. [ 9] The second was dar al-harb, ruled by non-Muslims and specifically infidels.

  8. Piri Reis - Wikipedia

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    Piri Reis. Ahmed Muhiddin Piri ( c. 1465 [ 1] – 1553 [ 2] ), better known as Piri Reis ( Turkish: Pîrî Reis or Hacı Ahmet Muhittin Pîrî Bey ), was an Ottoman navigator, geographer and cartographer. He is primarily known today for his maps and charts collected in his Kitab-ı Bahriye [ tr] ( Book of Navigation ), a book that contains ...

  9. Quraish (video game) - Wikipedia

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    Quraish: The game (Arabic: قريش) is a 2005 real-time strategy 3D computer video game produced by Syrian video game production, Afkar Media. [1] It is the second Arabic language-based game and a third person strategy game based on the early battles of Islam, primarily focusing on the Rashidun Caliphate's successful campaigns against the Eastern Roman Empire and the Sassanid dynasty of Persia.