Overview

Part I. Baghdad and the Rise of Interest in Foreign Sciences -- A. Revisiting the Abbasid House of Wisdom -- B. Short Note on the Proposed Origins of the House of Wisdom -- Part II. Creating a Myth -- Part III. Dissecting the Myth -- A. Bayt al-Hikma and Translation Movement -- B. Bayt al-Hikma as a University -- Part IV. What to Call a Library in Arabic? -- Part V. What was the Abbasid Caliph's Library Called? -- Part VI. Was the House of Science an Arena for Debates? -- Part VII. What was the Reality? -- A. The Origin of Book Collections -- B. Patronage Associated with the Library -- C. The Library and Greek Books -- D. Abbasid Caliphal Library and Persian Royal Libraries -- Part VIII. What Happened to the House of Wisdom? -- Part IX. The Impact -- Part X. Concluding Remarks.