Dive into the world of Islamic learning, where scholars and students have pushed the boundaries of knowledge across sciences, mathematics, and humanities in Muslim Intellectual Centers.
Here the scholars of all nations and creeds gathered to translate, debate, and innovate in doing so, they paved the way for the Renaissance. The House of Wisdom, founded in the 9th century by Caliph Harun al-Rashid and later expanded by his son Al-Ma’mun, was more than just a library …
Imagine a place where the best minds of the time gathered to exchange ideas, challenge existing knowledge and push the boundaries of science and philosophy—that was the House of Wisdom. Jim Al-Khalili. The House of Wisdom (in Arabic Bayt al-Hikmah, بَيْت الْحِكْمَة), established in Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate, became …