It was spurred by the establishment of the House of Wisdom (Bayt Al Hikma) in Baghdad under the Abbasid Caliphate. At the time, it was one of the world's largest public libraries and home to a ...

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These countries are experiencing the return of the Bayt Al-Hikma (House of Wisdom) from the Islamic Golden Age, following the fall of Baghdad in 1258 when the Mongols destroyed the institute ...