Graeco-Arabic translation movement
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The Graeco-Arabic translation movement was a large, well-funded, and sustained effort responsible for translating a significant volume of secular Greek texts into Arabic. The translation movement took place in Baghdad from the mid-eighth century to the late tenth century.
While the movement translated from many languages into Arabic, including: Pahlavi, Sanskrit, Syriac, and Greek, it is often referred to as the Graeco-Arabic translation movement because it was predominantly focused on translating the works of Hellenistic scholars and other secular Greek texts into Arabic.
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- Arabic translation
- Islamic Golden Age
- Islamic philosophy
- Science in the medieval Islamic world
- Abu Zayd Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi
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