The Inside History

House of Wisdom: Symbol of Scientific Imperial Glory of the Early Islamic Period

The Golden Age One of the largest and richest cities in the world at the time, Baghdad was founded in 762 AD by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur. Great minds from many countries gathered at the Baghdad Library, known as the House of Wisdom or Bayt al-Hikma. From mathematics and astronomy to zoology, the Academy was a major centre of research, thought and deba…