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The House of Wisdom
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The House of Wisdom
Bayt al-Hikma, the palace-library
Golden age of Islam
- 8th century
- Abbasid Caliphate
Bayt al-Hikma
the palace-library
- Expansion exchange of knowledge
- important tools: paper
Conclusions
Historical Background
Decline and destruction of the palace-library
- Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
- The Islamic Golden Age was an essential movement to the rehabilitation of a cultural and intellectual effort after the decline of the Greek and Roman civilizations
- Christian Crusades
- reign of al-Mutawakki
- Mongol invasion by Ghengis Khan
- 1258: Siege of Bahdad
- The House of Wisdom in Baghdad was the focal centre for this movement and promoted the development of knowledge and wisdom throughout the Islamic Empire
Abbasid family
- Third Islamic Civil War
- Abu Ja’Far al-Mansur
- The translation effort as well as the compilation of wisdom from many different civilizations and cultures was key to the development of the human progress and its importance in the history of mankind linger to this day
The House of Wisdom
- Capital: Damascus Baghdad
- copy, collect & translate books
- academy of scholars
- study of sciences
- mathematics, medicine, chemistry, geography, astronomy...
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