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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | ocn229029067 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | AE-DuAU |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250113095128.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 080612s2009 nyuabf b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2008026238 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781596914599 (hardcover) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (AE-DuAU)229029067 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | AE-DuAU |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) | |
| Holding library | TSAUD |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | CB251.L96 2009 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) | CB 251 .L96 2009 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lyons, Jonathan. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 153462 |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The house of wisdom : |
| Remainder of title | how the Arabs transformed Western civilization / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | by Jonathan Lyons. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First U.S. edition. |
| 264 ## - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Bloomsbury Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | 2009 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvii, 248 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Source | rdacontent |
| Content Type Term | text |
| Content Type Code | txt |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Source | rdamedia |
| Media Type Term | unmediated |
| Media Type Code | n |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| Carrier Type Term | volume |
| Carrier Type Code | nc |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Col. maps on endpapers. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | For centuries following the fall of Rome, western Europe was a benighted backwater, a world of subsistence farming, minimal literacy, and violent conflict. Meanwhile Arab culture was thriving, dazzling those Europeans fortunate enough to catch even a glimpse of the scientific advances coming from Baghdad, Antioch, or the cities of Persia, Central Asia, and Muslim Spain. T here, philosophers, mathematicians, and astronomers were steadily advancing the frontiers of knowledge and revitalizing the works of Plato and Aristotle. I n the royal library of Baghdad, known as the House of Wisdom, an army of scholars worked at the behest of the Abbasid caliphs. At a time when the best book collections in Europe held several dozen volumes, the House of Wisdom boasted as many as four hundred thousand. Even while their countrymen waged bloody Crusades against Muslims, a handful of intrepid Christian scholars, thirsty for knowledge, traveled to Arab lands and returned with priceless jewels of science, medicine, and philosophy that laid the foundation for the Renaissance. I n this brilliant, evocative book, Lyons shows just how much "Western" culture owes to the glories of medieval Arab civilization, and reveals the untold story of how Europe drank from the well of Muslim learning. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Civilization, Western |
| General subdivision | Arab influences. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 153463 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Learning and scholarship |
| Geographic subdivision | Arab countries |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Medieval, 500-1500. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 153464 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | East and West. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 153465 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Total Renewals | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Library of Congress Classification | American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | 2013-11-18 | 70.00 | 5 | 4 | CB 251 .L96 2009 | 5100678 | 2023-10-23 | 2023-10-02 | 70.00 | 2015-07-25 | Books |