The house of wisdom : how the Arabs transformed Western civilization /
For centuries following the fall of Rome, western Europe was a benighted backwater, a world of subsistence farming, minimal literacy, and violent conflict. Meanwhile Arab culture was thriving, dazzling those Europeans fortunate enough to catch even a glimpse of the scientific advances coming from Ba...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury Press,
2009.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
| Subjects: |
Skillman Lower Level
| Call Number: |
CB251 .L96 2009 |
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