Episode 5: The Caliphate
This Week In Free Speech with Jacob Mchangama
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Al Mansua Was the Founder of the Abasad Caliphate
Al mansua was the second ambassad caliph and ruled from seven 54, seven 75. It was he who built bachdad as the new capital in the early seven sixties. He was also the founding patron of the so called graco arapic translation movement. This included works of greek luminaries such as galen euclid ptolemy plato and aristotle. And thereby they contributed to saving, restoring, spreading and improving upon the classical heritage.
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