Lyons, Jonathan.

The house of wisdom : how the Arabs transformed Western civilization / Jonathan Lyons. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009. - xvii, 248 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.

Col. maps on endpapers.

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

9781596914599 (alk. paper) 1596914599 (alk. paper)

2008026238


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

CB251 / .L96 2009

909.09821 / LYO 2009