Ibn Rushd (Averroes) and the scholars of al-Andalus
1126–1198 CE · Al-Andalus — Islamic Spain
Cordoba's tradition produces Ibn Rushd — jurist, physician, and the commentator on Aristotle whose works, translated into Latin, helped ignite Europe's universities. Alongside him: az-Zahrawi's surgical encyclopedia, Ibn Firnas's flight experiments, and libraries counted in the hundreds of thousands of volumes.