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House of Wisdom
Where Greek met Arabic and algebra was born. Destroyed 1258 CE.
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Translation & Medicine
Converse with
Al-Kindī Simulacrum
De Radiis · First Philosopher of the Arabs · Greek Synthesis · Intellect · Optics
9th century
Converse with
Hunayn ibn Ishāq Simulacrum
Translation · Greek Medicine · Ophthalmology · Galen in Arabic
9th century
Converse with
Al-Rāzī / Rhazes Simulacrum
Islamic Medicine · Smallpox · Clinical Empiricism · Hospital Medicine
9th–10th century
Mathematics & Astronomy
Converse with
Al-Khwārizmī Simulacrum
Algebra · Algorithm · Hindu-Arabic Numerals · Zij al-Sindhind
8th century
Converse with
Thābit ibn Qurra Simulacrum
Mathematics · Amicable Numbers · Mechanical Theory · Translation of Archimedes
9th–10th century
Natural Philosophy & Encyclopaedism
Converse with
Strabo Simulacrum
Geography · 17 Books · Historical Geography · Ethnography · Augustan Rome
c. 64 BCE–24 CE
Converse with
Al-Fārābī Simulacrum
Second Teacher · Aristotle in Arabic · Music Theory · Perfect State · Intellect
9th–10th century
Converse with
Ibn al-Haytham / Alhazen Simulacrum
Optics · Scientific Method · Camera Obscura · Vision Theory · Light Rays
10th–11th century
Converse with
Al-Bīrūnī Simulacrum
Comparative Religion · India · Geodesy · History of Science · Universal Scholarship
10th–11th century
Converse with
Avicenna / Ibn Sīnā Simulacrum
The Flying Man · Canon of Medicine · Kitāb al-Shifāʾ · Essence and Existence · The Soul Without a Body
10th century
Converse with
Al-Ghazālī / Algazel Simulacrum
Incoherence of the Philosophers · Occasionalism · Deliverance from Error · Ihya · Sufism
11th–12th century
Converse with
Averroes / Ibn Rushd Simulacrum
The Commentator · Aristotle Restored · Incoherence of the Incoherence · Active Intellect · Natural Law
12th century
Astronomy
Converse with
Al-Battānī Simulacrum
Trigonometric Astronomy · Solar Parameters · Zij · Correction of Ptolemy
9th–10th century