Chapter 11: Islamic Civilization "Where Algorithms Came From" Introduction      You have learned that Baghdad was the location of the House of Wisdom, a government-supported research center specializing in the translation into Arabic of scientific texts written in other languages. In this place, scholars from many different traditions shared their knowledge, performed scientific experiments, and made mathematical calculations. This gathering of minds sparked many of the mathematical and scientific achievements of the Islamic world. Destination Title: Al-Khorezmi and the Dawn of Algebra Web site Note: Clicking on the link above will launch a new browser window. Need help using your browser for this activity? Click here for tips. Directions Start at the Al-Khorezmi and the Dawn of Algebra Web site. Scroll down the Web page, reading and analyzing the information about Mukhammad ibn Musa Al-Khorezmi. Answer the following questions. 1. Who was Mukhammad ibn Musa Al-Khorezmi, and what was his relationship to Caliph Al Ma'mun? 2. What was Al-Khorezmi's role in advancing mathematics? 3. How is Al-Khorezmi's connection to mathematics memorialized in the term algorithm? 4. Evaluate the concept of a "House of Wisdom," especially for the times in which it functioned.