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Tenth-century mathematician al-Karaji is best known for his writings on algebra and for freeing algebra from geometry. The scholar spent most of his life in Baghdad, where he established a school for algebra and served as a vizier for the Abbasid government. Al-Karaji also was an accomplished engineer who wrote extensively on water extraction. Many of his hydrological ideas are still used in the Middle East today. While some modern scholars question...
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Sepher Yosippon was written in Hebrew by a medieval historian noted by modern scholars for its eloquent style. This is the first known chronicle of Jewish history and legend from Adam to the destruction of the Second Temple, this is the first known text since the canonical histories written by Flavius Josephus in Greek and later translated by Christian scholars into Latin.
Sepher Yosippon has been cited and referred to by scholars, poets, and authors...
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Japan in the 10th century stood physically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world. Inside this bubble, a subtle and beautiful world was in operation, and its inhabitants were tied to the moment, having no interest in the future and disdain for the past. The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon was a product of a tenth century courtier's experiences in the palace of Empress Teishi. A common custom of the time period, courtiers used to keep notes...
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The tenth century dawned in violence and disorder. Charlemagne's empire was in ruins, most of Spain had been claimed by Moorish invaders, and even the papacy in Rome was embroiled in petty, provincial conflicts. To many historians, it was a prime example of the ignorance and uncertainty of the Dark Ages. Yet according to historian Paul Collins, the story of the tenth century is the story of our culture's birth, of the emergence of our civilization...
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"New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to his epic Saxon Tales saga with The Pagan Lord, a dramatic story of divided loyalties, bloody battles, and the struggle to unite Britain.At the onset of the tenth century, England is in turmoil. Alfred the Great is dead and Edward his son reigns as king. Wessex survives but peace cannot hold: the Danes in the north, led by Viking Cnut Longsword, stand ready to invade and will never rest...
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Viking quest volume 1
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Moody Publishers
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©2003
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IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
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199 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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Thirteen-year-old Bree asks God for protection when she and her brother Devin are captured and taken from their home on the Irish coast by Viking raiders in the late tenth century.
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Viking quest volume 4
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Moody Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
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IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 6
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231 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
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English
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In the tenth century, as Devin, Keely, and Lil return to Ireland, Bree serves as Mikkel's cook on a voyage in the North Atlantic, but acts of sabotage threaten Mikkel's life and Bree's one chance of freedom.
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Viking quest volume 2
Publisher
Moody Publishers
Pub. Date
c2003
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
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193 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
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In tenth-century Norway, Bree and her friend Lil, buoyed by their Christian faith, have escaped the Viking ship but are pursued by Mikkel; while in Ireland, Devin's anger about his sister's kidnapping prevents him from forgiving her captors.
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Viking quest volume 5
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Moody Publishers
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2006.
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294 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
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Five years after taking Bree and her brother Devin from Ireland to serve as tenth century Viking slaves, Mikkel decides whether to keep his promise to return the pair to their home and restore their freedom.
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