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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Main Author: Lyons, Jonathan.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
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Skillman Lower Level

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Call Number: CB251 .L96 2009
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