These inventions changed the course of history

From: New Straits Times | Date: January 8, 2007 | Copyright information

New Straits Times
01-08-2007
These inventions changed the course of history
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Main Section

TIMELINE 1

* 644AH/AD: A windmill powering a mill stone is built in the Persian province of Sistan.
700-799 AD

*722AH/AD: Jabir Ibn Hayyan is born in Iran and becomes 'the father of chemistry'.

*777AH/AD: Al-Fazari (dies 777) becomes the first to construct astrolabes.

*780AH/AD: Mathematician al-Khwarizmi is born and contributes algebra, algorithm, and the introduction of the numeral zero.

*786AH/AD: Caliph Harun al-Rashid establishes the House of Wisdom, Baghdad.

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