HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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They were both located in what is now Iraq.
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They both had public water and lighting systems.
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They were both centers of culture and learning.
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They both exported valuable textiles and jewelry.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The House of Wisdom (Arabic: , romanized: Bayt al-Ḥikmah), also known as the Grand Library of Baghdad, refers to either a major Abbasid public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad or to a large private library belonging to the Abbasid caliphs during the Islamic Golden Age.
Detailed explanation-2: -As a result of its location at a crossroads of trade between Europe, Asia, and North Africa, the Middle East and especially major trading and religious centers like Baghdad, Cairo, and Mecca, became prosperous cities that attracted merchants and scholars.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the Golden Age, the major Islamic capital cities of Baghdad, Cairo, and Córdoba became the main intellectual centers for science, philosophy, medicine, and education.
Detailed explanation-4: -Long ago, brilliant scholars in this booming city studied geography, astronomy and mathematics-and made advances that are still relevant today. Great minds from many lands gathered at a Baghdad library called the House of Wisdom, one of many centers of learning in an era know as the Islamic Golden Age.
Detailed explanation-5: -It was the Caliphs who encouraged scholars-including Muslims, Jews, and Christians-to translate ancient Greek texts into Arabic, and to build upon what the Greeks discovered with new scientific and technological advances of their own. Thus Baghdad and its famed library, the Bayt al Hikmah, became a center of learning.