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批次0020-001：阿拔斯王朝与巴格达智慧宫

Founded in 750 CE, the Abbasid Caliphate shifted Islamic political power to Baghdad.
Caliphs like al-Ma’mun actively sponsored translation, research, and cross-cultural scholarship.
The House of Wisdom collected Greek, Persian, Sanskrit, and Syriac texts for systematic study.
Scholars such as Al-Khwarizmi advanced algebra and introduced Arabic numerals to wider use.
Medical works by Ibn Sina were translated into Latin and taught in European universities for centuries.
Astronomical tables compiled there improved navigation and calendar accuracy across Afro-Eurasia.
This institution modeled how imperial patronage could sustain scientific inquiry across linguistic borders.
Its libraries preserved classical knowledge that had been lost or neglected in medieval Europe.
Translations flowed both ways, as Arabic scholars also refined ideas from Indian and Persian sources.
When Mongols sacked Baghdad in 1258, many manuscripts were destroyed—but their legacy endured globally.