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Muhammad al-Idrisi
Muhammad al-Idrisi was an Arab geographer and cartographer, born probably in Ceuta, who worked at the court of the Norman king Roger II of Sicily in Palermo. In 1154 he completed the Tabula Rogeriana, or Book of Roger, a description of the known world with a world map divided into climatic zones. It was one of the most detailed geographical works of the Middle Ages.
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