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Omar Khayyam (I) (1048–1123)
Born in a wealthy province of Seljuk-ruled Persia, Omar Khayyam was educated well as a youth and became fascinated by science, especially astronomy and mathematics. He built an observatory and created the Jalalaean Calender that was far more accurate than the Julian Calender in use by his European contemporaries. But it was his poetry that would ...
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Born:in Nishapur, PersiaDied:(age 75) in Nishapur, Persia |
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