The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization american introduced the now-famous expression of

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The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization american introduced the now-famous expression ofFor centuries following the fall of Rome, Western Europe was a benighted backwater, a world of subsistence farming, minimal literacy, and violent conflict. Meanwhile, Arab culture was thriving, dazzling those Europeans fortunate enough to visit cities like Baghdad or Antioch. There, philosophers, mathematicians, and astronomers were steadily advancing the frontiers of knowledge, as well as keeping alive the works of Plato and Aristotle. When the best