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In fact, they were from Central Asia--drawn from the Persianate and Turkic peoples of a region that tod.
Because nearly all of these figures wrote in Arabic, they were long assumed to have been Arabs.
Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia\'s medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest minds--remarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world.
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