John Freely - Light From the East How the Science of Medieval Islam Helped to Shape the Western World

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John Freely

Light From the East
How the Science of Medieval Islam Helped to Shape the Western World

English · Hardback

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Tells the story of how Islamic science, which began with the translation of Greek manuscripts into Arabic in eighth-century Baghdad, preserved and enhanced the knowledge acquired from Greece, Mesopotamia, India and China.

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Authors John Freely
Publisher Tauris, I.B.
 
Content Book
Product form Hardback
Publication date 18.12.2010
Subject Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)
Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages
 
EAN 9781848854529
ISBN 978-1-84885-452-9
Pages 264
 

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