Baghdad and Isfahan
A Dialogue of Two Cities in an Age of Science CA. 750-1750
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Product details:
- Publisher I.B. Tauris
- Date of Publication 28 December 2023
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9780755635108
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages296 pages
- Size 232x154x20 mm
- Weight 460 g
- Language English 566
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Long description:
Renowned as great centres of learning, the cities of Baghdad and Isfahan were at
the heart of the Islamic civilization as rich capital cities and centres of intellectual
thought. Their distinct cultural voices inspired a unique historical dialogue, which
finds new expression in Baghdad and Isfahan, the story of how knowledge was
transmitted and transformed within Islamic lands, and then spread across Europe.
Capturing the history of Baghdad and Isfahan from 750 to 1750, Elaheh Kheirandish
draws on the voices of court astronomers, mathematicians, scientists, mystics,
jurists, statesmen and Arabic and Persian translators and scholars to document the
extensive and lasting contribution of sciences from Islamic lands to the history of
science. Kheirandish bases her narrative on a unique medieval manuscript and other
historical sources and the result is more than a thousand-year 'tale of two cities' - it
is a city by city, and century by century, look at what it took to change the world.
In a feat of travelogue and time travel, this unique book creates parallel stories
with modern and historical characters, crossing cities worldwide, and capturing
changes through time. Interweaving multiple narratives, histories, and futures, she
charts the possible paths - formalized and serendipitous, lost and recovered - by
which knowledge itself is translated and transmitted across time and cultures.
Table of Contents:
List of Figures
Preface
Notes on Conventions
Introduction
Chapter Summary
Chart: Names and Dates
Chapter Zero: Cast and Stage
Chapter One: Time and Place
Chapter Two: Moon and Sun
Chapter Three: Round and Square
Chapter Four: Word and Line
Chapter Five: East and West
Chapter Six: Old and New
Chapter Seven: Plan and Chance
Postscript: Now and Then; Moon and Sun
Plates
Bibliography
Baghdad and Isfahan: A Dialogue of Two Cities in an Age of Science CA. 750-1750
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