Indian Astronomy's Influence on Islamic Astronomy
Description: This quiz aims to assess your understanding of the influence of Indian astronomy on Islamic astronomy. | |
Number of Questions: 14 | |
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Which Indian astronomical text was translated into Arabic in the 9th century and had a significant impact on Islamic astronomy?
Which Indian astronomer's work was highly influential in the development of Islamic astronomy?
What was the name of the observatory built by the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun in Baghdad in the 9th century?
Which Indian astronomical concept was adopted by Islamic astronomers and became known as the 'sine of the amplitude'?
What was the name of the instrument used by Islamic astronomers to measure the altitude of celestial objects?
Which Indian astronomical technique was used by Islamic astronomers to calculate the positions of planets?
What was the name of the Indian astronomer who visited the court of the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur in the 8th century?
Which Indian astronomical concept was adopted by Islamic astronomers and became known as the 'equation of time'?
What was the name of the observatory built by the Seljuk sultan Malik Shah I in Isfahan in the 11th century?
Which Indian astronomical concept was adopted by Islamic astronomers and became known as the 'sine of the zenith distance'?
What was the name of the Indian astronomer who visited the court of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan in the 7th century?
Which Indian astronomical concept was adopted by Islamic astronomers and became known as the 'equation of the center'?
What was the name of the observatory built by the Timurid ruler Ulugh Beg in Samarkand in the 15th century?
Which Indian astronomical concept was adopted by Islamic astronomers and became known as the 'sine of the declination'?