House of Wisdom: How 1258 Destroyed Baghdad's Center of Knowledge
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Before Oxford. Before Cambridge. Before Europe had universities at all — there was a single building in Baghdad that held the knowledge of the world.
This is the story of the House of Wisdom: the greatest library ever built, the scientific revolution it sparked, and the night it burned.
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House of Wisdom: How 1258 Destroyed Baghdad's Center of Knowledge
HaqqulStudio
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Before Oxford. Before Cambridge. Before Europe had universities at all — there was a single building in Baghdad that held the knowledge of the world.
This is the story of the House of Wisdom: the greatest library ever built, the scientific revolution it sparked, and the night it burned.
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Comment which invention you're most grateful
#islamicgoldenage #houseofwisdom #islamichistory #historyofislam #islamicscience
Al-Khwarizmi gave us algebra and zero here. Then 1258 came and the river ran black with ink.
Which part hit you most — the round city in 762, the translation movement, or the night Baghdad fell?
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