Al-Biruni

Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni (973 – c. 1050), better known as al-Biruni, was a Persian scholar and polymath during the Islamic Golden Age. 
One of al-Biruni's many claims to fame was the improvements made to the calculations of the Earth's circumference, previously made by Greek scientist Eratosthenes and later replicated by al-Khwarizmi and his team.Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Database: Scientific Method al-Biruni achieved this by using a mountain as a measuring rod.Assassin's Creed: Mirage – Database: Calculating the Earth's Circumference
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*Assassin's Creed: Mirage 
*Echoes of History 
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