Saturday, December 8, 2012

the Forgetted Founder


It was the name Ziryab not many people know, even though it includes actual inventor (inventor) and a great artist the caliber of Leonardo da Vinci.


Ziryab (789-857 AD) or the Arabic name Abu I-Hasan 'Ali Ibn Nafi' was a Persian polymath (polymath: a person whose knowledge is not limited to just one field), a former slave who became an expert in many fields as musician, singer, fashion designer, inventor, botanist, and more. many common thing we do in the modern era are now sourced from the "revolution" that made ​​Zyrab. Among them:


1. Introducing how to eat in a formal dish: soup (or appetizer), main course (main course) and pudding (dessert).

2. Crystal glass? It Zyrab findings. Previous era many people wear glasses of metal or pottery.

3. In the world of fashion, style Zyrab bring changes of clothes. When winter comes, Zyrab designing clothes warm cotton and wool. In essence, Zyrab make people wear clothes according to the season.

4. Short hair styles for men and shaving (shaving) popularized by Zyrab. 

5. He who promotes a shower twice a day.

6. Finding toothpaste as we use today.

7. Dix deodorant.

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