Translation in the Arab World: The Abbasid Golden Age

by Adnan K Abdulla

Book Overview

The Translation Movement of the Abbasid Period, which lasted for almost three hundred years, was a unique event in world history. During this period, much of the intellectual tradition of the Greeks, Persians, and Indians was translated into Arabic--a language with no prior history of translation or of science, medicine, or philosophy. This book investigates the cultural and political conflicts that translation brought into the new Abbasid state...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367689499
• ISBN13: 9780367689490
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"