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Zaragoza (Saragossa)

Aragon (Spain)

Zaragoza (Arabic Saraqusta), on the Ebro in the Aragon region of northeastern Spain, was the capital of the Upper March of al-Andalus and of an independent taifa kingdom in the 11th century, a centre of philosophy and science. The philosopher Ibn Bajja (Avempace, d. 1138) was born and educated there before its conquest by Christian Aragon in 1118.

9 teachers · 17 works · 12 most-discussed ideas

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