WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In Cairo, Dar al-Hikmah, the “House of Wisdom", was another name of the House of Knowledge, founded by the Fatimid Caliph, al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah in 1004.

Detailed explanation-2: -Famous scholars from that period, such as the Banu Musa Brothers, Al-Khwarizmi and Al-Battani were attracted to the House of Wisdom where a variety of languages were spoken and written enabling the transfer of knowledge from foreign manuscripts in Persian, Syriac, Greek and other into Arabic.

Detailed explanation-3: -The House of Wisdom was a huge academy where people studied. It had a big library and even an observatory where people could look at the night sky. Lots of important books were kept in the House of Wisdom. People translated ancient Roman and Greek texts into Arabic so more people could read them.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Scholars People from all over the Muslim world flocked to the House of Wisdom – both male and female of many faiths and ethnicities. Among the academy’s leading lights were Al-Kindi, who commissioned the transition of Aristotle, and Hunyan ibn Ishaq, who translated Hippocrates.

Detailed explanation-5: -Works translated at the House of Wisdom include Aristotle’s books Rhetoric, Poetics, Metaphysics, Categories and On the Soul, as well as Plato’s Republic, Laws and Timaeus. The primary working languages of the Baghdad academy were Greek, Syriac, Persian, and Arabic.