The House of Wisdom: Baghdad’s Golden Age of Translation
The year is 830 CE. Imagine the bustling heart of Baghdad, the Abbasid Caliphate’s magnificent capital. This city, a vibrant metropolis of scholars, merchants, and artisans, was about to become the epicenter of an intellectual revolution that would echo through centuries. At its core lay a place unlike any other – the Bayt al-Hikma, the … Read more