The History and Achievements of the Islamic Golden Age

Baghdad's House of Wisdom (1x6)

Fecha de emisión: Oct 01, 2016

During the Abbasid Empire, Baghdad's House of Wisdom was the world's preeminent center for translation and original research. Find out why translation flourished in this era, and meet two of the Golden Age's most important translators: Hunayan Ibn Ishaq and al-Kindi. Then consider the intellectual legacy of the Arabic translation movement.