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A guide to books, schools, medicine, philosophy, historical method, translation, astronomy, and technical practice in the western Islamic world.
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- Science, Philosophy, and Education Reading List1
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) and the Philosophy Wars2
- Ibn Khaldun and the Muqaddimah: Power, Society, History3
- Medicine and Surgery in al-Andalus: al-Zahrawi and the Medical Tradition4
- Translation and Transmission: How Arabic Knowledge Entered Latin Europe5
- Libraries, Schools, and Book Culture in Cordoba and Beyond6
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Ibn Khaldun and the Muqaddimah: Power, Society, History
A source-aware guide to Ibn Khaldun's Muqaddimah, explaining group solidarity, dynastic cycles, cities, labor, taxation, and why modern readers should avoid flattening him into a modern social scientist.
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Science, Philosophy, and Education
A guided route through Moor History Center articles on books, medicine, philosophy, transmission, and historical method.
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Medicine and Surgery in al-Andalus: al-Zahrawi and the Medical Tradition
A careful entry point into al-Zahrawi, surgical instruments, medical writing, and the way Andalusi medicine moved through Arabic and Latin learned traditions.
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Translation and Transmission: How Arabic Knowledge Entered Latin Europe
A practical guide to how Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin scholarly worlds interacted through translation, adaptation, commentary, and institutional reuse.
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Astronomy and Timekeeping in al-Andalus
An orientation to astronomy, calendars, instruments, prayer times, navigation, and the practical uses of mathematical knowledge in al-Andalus.
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Averroes (Ibn Rushd) and the Philosophy Wars
A source-aware guide to Ibn Rushd's major philosophical debates, explaining the Decisive Treatise, the response to al-Ghazali, and why the story is more complex than a simple reason-versus-religion slogan.
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Libraries, Schools, and Book Culture in Cordoba and Beyond
A guide to books, libraries, court patronage, copying, and teaching environments that made learned culture visible in Cordoba, Fez, and related centers.
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Mathematics and Engineering: Water, Wheels, and Infrastructure
A practical entry point into calculation, irrigation, water wheels, infrastructure, and the technical work behind cities, agriculture, and power.
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Science, Philosophy, and Education
A guide to books, schools, medicine, philosophy, historical method, translation, astronomy, and technical practice in the western Islamic world.