Lyons, Jonathan,

The house of wisdom : how the Arabs transformed Western civilization / Jonathan Lyons. - xvii, 248 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colors), color maps ; 25 cm.

Col. maps on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-235) and index.

9781596914599 (alk. paper) 9781608190584 hadiah


Civilization, Western--Arab influences.
Learning and scholarship--History--Arab countries--Medieval, 500-1500.
East and West.