Greek Thought, Arab Culture
Subtitle: The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early 'Abbasid Society (2nd-4th/8th-10th centuries) (Arabic Thought & Culture)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: July 23, 1998
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780415061339
First sentence: Certain material conditions that prepared a background against which a translation movement could take place and flourish were established by two momentous historical events, the early Arab conquests through the Umayyad period and the 'Abbasid revolution that culminated in 134/750.