At Ulugh Beg's schools, students and scholars didn't sit quietly over their manuscripts. Instead, they engaged in lively discussions, debating the strengths and weaknesses of various works, from ...

The Mayans had a solar calendar more accurate than the Julian and even the current Gregorian calendar, while the Muslim scholar Ulugh Beg not only determined the length of the tropical year with ...

He lived in central Asia at the start of the fifteenth century, and his name was Ulugh Beg. Ulugh Beg built a great observatory in Samarkand, in modern Uzbekistan, and compiled a famous catalogue ...

He lived in central Asia at the start of the fifteenth century, and his name was Ulugh Beg. Ulugh Beg built a great observatory in Samarkand, in modern Uzbekistan, and compiled a famous catalogue ...