House of Wisdom
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The House of Wisdom, also known as the Grand Library of Baghdad, was believed to be a major Abbasid-era public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad. In popular reference, it acted as one of the
Scholars at the Abbasid library (Maqamat al-Hariri) Illustration by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 1237
The earliest scientific manuscripts originated in the Abbasid era
Physicians employing a surgical method. From Şerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu's Imperial Surgery (1465)
Hulagu Khan's siege of Baghdad (1258)
Aristotelianism
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Aristotelianism is a philosophical tradition inspired by the work of Aristotle, usually characterized by deductive logic and an analytic inductive method in the study of natural philosophy and metaphy
Aristotle by Francesco Hayez, 1811
A medieval Arabic representation of Aristotle teaching a student.
Aristotle, holding his Ethics (detail from The School of Athens)