1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783853103321

Autore

Gutas Dimitri

Titolo

Greek thought, Arabic culture : the Graeco-Arabic translation movement in Baghdad and early ʻAbbasid society (2nd-4th/8th-10th centuries) / / Dimitri Gutas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-282-81629-2

9786612816291

1-283-70772-1

1-134-92635-9

0-203-01743-9

1-134-92634-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

909.0974927

909/.0974927

Soggetti

Civilization, Arab

Civilization, Arab - Greek influences

Greek language

Translating and interpreting

Islamic Empire Intellectual life

Islamic Empire History 750-1258

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprinted in 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; NOTE ON DATES, NAMES, AND TRANSLITERATION; TABLE; INTRODUCTION; Part I. TRANSLATION AND EMPIRE; 1. THE BACKGROUND OF THE TRANSLATION MOVEMENT; 2. AL-MANSUR; 3. AL-MAHDI AND HIS SONS; 4. AL-MA'MUN; Part II. TRANSLATION AND SOCIETY; 5. TRANSLATION IN THE SERVICE OF APPLIED AND THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE; 6. PATRONS, TRANSLATORS, TRANSLATIONS; 7. TRANSLATION AND HISTORY; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS; CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF STUDIES ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TRANSLATION MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION; GENERAL INDEX



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Sommario/riassunto

From the middle of the eighth century to the tenth century, almost all non-literary and non-historical secular Greek books, including such diverse topics as astrology, alchemy, physics, botany and medicine, that were not available throughout the eastern Byzantine Empire and the Near East, were translated into Arabic.Greek Thought, Arabic Culture explores the major social, political and ideological factors that occasioned the unprecedented translation movement from Greek into Arabic in Baghdad, the newly founded capital of the Arab dynasty of the 'Abbasids', during the first two

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990003264580403321

Autore

Rousiers, Paul de <1857-1934>

Titolo

Les grandes industries modern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : Armand Colin, 1928 Tome I-V

Descrizione fisica

p. varia ; 15 cm

Disciplina

050.009

Locazione

FAGBC

DECGE

Collocazione

A CHI 1906

050.009.ROU

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Inventario n. 2977