Light from the east
how the science of medieval Islam helped to shape the western world
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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
- Open LibraryOL24884486M
- ISBN-101848854528
- ISBN-139781848854529
- Library of Congress Control Number2010671663
- OCLC Control Number646393788
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.
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