The house of wisdom : how the Arabs transformed Western civilization /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lyons, Jonathan
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009.
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:	Civilization, Western > Arab influences. Learning and scholarship > Arab countries > History > Medieval, 500-1500. East and West.

Description
Item Description:	Col. maps on endpapers.
Physical Description:	xvii, 248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-235) and index.
ISBN:	9781596914599 (alk. paper) 1596914599 (alk. paper)