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Popes Some of the early Popes of the Catholic church were of Arabic heritage.
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posted on: Nov 19, 2014
Known as “Alhazen” by European scientists, Ibn al-Haytham (965-1040) developed Euclidean geometry and was highly regarded for his work in optics.