Greek Thought, Arabic Culture: The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early 'Abbasaid Society (2nd-4th 5th-10th c.) (Arabic Thought & Culture) by Dimitri Gutas

Greek Thought, Arabic Culture: The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early 'Abbasaid Society (2nd-4th 5th-10th c.) (Arabic Thought & Culture) Dimitri Gutas ebook
Page: 248
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415061334, 9780415061339
Format: pdf

As it was, on the line of the Caucasus the Arabs met the forces of an organized military power which effectively prevented them from extending their conquests in this direction. The wars of the Arabs and the Khazars, .. More than half a million Greeks .. The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early Abbasid Society (2nd - 4th/8th - 10th centuries). 0.1 million) have maintained their native language to a high degree while, in southern Russia and Ukraine, the Greeks have largely assimilated into their linguistic and cultural environment. In the early 19th century, Afghan politicians decided to adopt the name Afghanistan for the entire Afghan Empire after its English translation had already appeared in various treaties with Qajarid Persia and British India. Archaeological exploration done in the 20th century suggests that the geographical area of Afghanistan has been closely connected by the culture of and trade with neighboring regions to the east, west, and north. With the Abbasid caliphs the wars of conquest ceased, the revived influence of the old Persian culture created a mellower climate, and eventually gave rise to the splendours of Baghdad under Harun al Rashid. Arabic, Byzantine, Persian and Indian cultural traditions were integrated. In the 8th and 9th centuries, under the Abbasid caliphs, Islamic civilization entered a golden age. Early Civilization and Literacy in Europe.