Where was Al-Kindi educated?
Baghdad
Damascus
Cairo
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Baghdad was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, which was a golden age of learning and scholarship. Al-Kindi was born in Baghdad and educated at the House of Wisdom, a library and academy founded by the caliph Harun al-Rashid. Al-Kindi was a polymath who made significant contributions to many fields of knowledge, including philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, and optics.
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