Author

Publication

2011 - Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

59,500 words, Guess

Page Count

238 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • Better World Books9781848854529

Classifications

  • DDC297.265
  • LCCBP190.5.S3 F734 2011
  • LCCBP190.5.S3
and 1 more
  • LCCBP190.5.S3 F733 2011

Description

The story of how the science of medieval Islam preserved and enhanced the knowledge acquired from Greece, Mesopotamia, India, and China during Europe's Dark Ages, and how that knowledge later influenced Western thinkers and contributed to the Renaissance.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Light from the east: how the science of medieval Islam helped to shape the western worldDistributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan2011-01-01

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