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The Translation Movement

In Our Time

CHAPTER

The Rise of Libraries in the Translation Movement

Exploring the development of libraries during the Translation Movement, focusing on the technology of papermaking, the significance of the House of Wisdom, and the establishment of modern library systems in cities like Bukhara and Mosul. The chapter also discusses the influence of non-caliph elite patrons and the preference for Aristotelian philosophy over Plato in translations.

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