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Maghreb

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1Where did the Italian mathematician Fibonacci learn the (western) Arabic numerals that most of the world uses today?

Arabic numerals in the book Liber Abaci

In Tunis (Tunisia)

In Palermo (Sicily) since it had once been ruled by Muslims.

In Béjaïa (Algeria)

In Marrakesh (Morocco)

2Which historic mosque in the Maghreb is pictured?

What is shown in the picture?

Al-Qarawiyyin of Fez (Morocco)

The Great Mosque of Kairouan (Tunisia)

Az-Zaytuna in Tunis (Tunisia)

Great Mosque of Algiers (Algeria)

3Which historic minaret is not in North Africa?

Three minarets

The middle one as it is the remaining minaret of the great mosque of Seville (Spain)

The left one as it is the minaret of the Kaylan mosque in Bukhara (Uzbekistan)

The right one as it a minaret of the Sultan Ahmed mosque in Istanbul (Turkey)

The left one as it is a minaret of the great mosque of Damascus (Syria)

4Which scholar was not from the Maghreb?

Al-Idrisi

Al-Khwarizmi

Ibn Battuta

Ibn Khaldun

5It is regarded as the oldest continuously operating institution of higher learning in the world. What is its name?

What is shown in the picture?

The Kutubiyya Mosque of Marrakesh (Morocco)

Al-Qarawiyyin of Fez (Morocco)

The Great Mosque of Algiers (Algeria)

Az-Zaytuna in Tunis (Tunisia)

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