Baghdad, The House of Wisdom
The House of Wisdom is a place where learning resources and new idea will come in. Traders from Baghdad come to this city and brought goods, knowledge and more idea from different part of the world.
The caliphs also sent scholars to Persia, Byzantium, northern Africa, India and China to collect treasure texts and translated them into their language. During the ninth century, the city of Baghdad becomes a city of scholars and books. And the Centre of the learning in Baghdad is The House of Wisdom, and The House of Wisdom is a library, translation institute and research center.
The scholars in The House of Wisdom are brought from all over the Islamic world whatever their religion is. They were paid well and they translated the ancient text to Arabic language and often added their own comments because of their open-minded and curious characteristics. The book or texts they translated still affect many aspects of our lives nowadays.
The concept of the library catalog was also introduced in the House of Wisdom and other medieval Islamic libraries, where books were organized into specific genres and categories. In this academy, translators, scientists, scribes, authors, men of letters, writers, authors, copyists and others used to meet every day for the purposes of translation, reading, writing, scribing, discourse, dialogue and discussion. Many manuscripts and books in various scientific subjects, and in different languages were translated in the House of Wisdom. It is also one of the most important places in the world because of the precious content inside of The House of Wisdom.
The caliphs also sent scholars to Persia, Byzantium, northern Africa, India and China to collect treasure texts and translated them into their language. During the ninth century, the city of Baghdad becomes a city of scholars and books. And the Centre of the learning in Baghdad is The House of Wisdom, and The House of Wisdom is a library, translation institute and research center.
The scholars in The House of Wisdom are brought from all over the Islamic world whatever their religion is. They were paid well and they translated the ancient text to Arabic language and often added their own comments because of their open-minded and curious characteristics. The book or texts they translated still affect many aspects of our lives nowadays.
The concept of the library catalog was also introduced in the House of Wisdom and other medieval Islamic libraries, where books were organized into specific genres and categories. In this academy, translators, scientists, scribes, authors, men of letters, writers, authors, copyists and others used to meet every day for the purposes of translation, reading, writing, scribing, discourse, dialogue and discussion. Many manuscripts and books in various scientific subjects, and in different languages were translated in the House of Wisdom. It is also one of the most important places in the world because of the precious content inside of The House of Wisdom.
Pictures about The House of Wisdom in the old time.