The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization
- ISBN-10
- 1608190587
- ISBN-13
- 9781608190584
- Series
- The House of Wisdom
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-04-04
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Author
- Jonathan Lyons
Description
Traces the scientific and philosophical achievements of medieval Arab scholars, exploring such topics as the advances of a group of minds from the royal library of Baghdad and the invaluable contributions they made to Western culture and the Renaissance era.
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- 2011-02-05
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- 2011-03-31
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