03054oam 2200613I 450 991096223790332120251116175549.01-282-81629-297866128162911-283-70772-11-134-92635-90-203-01743-91-134-92634-010.4324/9780203017432 (CKB)1000000000250442(EBL)165398(OCoLC)817916032(OCoLC)70768786(MiAaPQ)EBC165398(MiAaPQ)EBC5292946(EXLCZ)99100000000025044220180331d1998 uy 0engrdacontentrdamediardacarrierGreek thought, Arabic culture the Graeco-Arabic translation movement in Baghdad and early ʻAbbasid society (2nd-4th/8th-10th centuries) /Dimitri GutasLondon ;New York :Routledge,1998.1 online resource (248 p.)Reprinted in 1999.0-415-06132-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and indexes.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 INDEXINDEX OF MANUSCRIPTSFrom 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 twoCivilization, ArabCivilization, Arab - Greek influencesGreek languageTranslating and interpretingIslamic EmpireIntellectual lifeIslamic EmpireHistory750-1258Civilization, Arab.Civilization, Arab - Greek influences.Greek language.Translating and interpreting.909.0974927909/.0974927Gutas Dimitri.157239FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910962237903321Greek Thought. Arabic Culture54650UNINA