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| International Standard Book Number |
9781408801215 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781408813690 (electronic bk.) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1408813696 (electronic bk.) |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
909.09821 LY HO |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Lyons, Jonathan |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The house of wisdom : |
| Subtitle |
how the Arabs transformed Western civilization |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Jonathan Lyons |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
London: |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury publshing, |
| Date |
c2009. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvii, 248 p. : |
| Other Details |
ill. ; |
| Size |
20 cm. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Col. maps on endpapers. |
| CONTENTS |
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| Contents |
Warriors of God -- The Earth is like a wheel -- The house of wisdom -- Mapping the World -- The first man of science -- "What is said of the sphere..." -- "The wisest philosophers of the World" -- On the eternity of the World -- The invention of the West. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
For centuries following the fall of Rome, Western Europe was backward and benighted, locked into the Dark Ages. Arab culture, however, was thriving, and had become a powerhouse of intellectual exploration and discussion that dazzled the likes of British adventurer Adelard of Bath. This title restores credit to the Arab thinkers of the past. |
| STUDY PROGRAM |
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| Program name |
ARTS317 |
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| Topical Heading |
History |
| Geographic |
Middle East |
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Israel |
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| Topical Heading |
Civilization, Western |
| General |
Arab influences |
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| Topical Heading |
Learning and scholarship |
| General |
History |
| Geographic |
Arab countries |
| Chronological |
Medieval, 500-1500 |
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| Topical Heading |
East and West |
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| Topical Heading |
East and West |
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| Topical Heading |
Learning and scholarship |
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Medieval |
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| Topical Heading |
History |
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