Jonathan Lyons' book, "The House of Wisdom", makes a compelling argument for western recognition of Islamic contributions. Arab technologies predated western civilization. Western societies need only to read this book to recognize the tremendous accomplishments achieved by /5(). · In this clear and well-written book, Jonathan Lyons delves into all sorts of musty corners to show how Arabic science percolated into the Latin world in the middle ages and helped civilise a rude Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. Jonathan Lyons' book, "The House of Wisdom", makes a compelling argument for western recognition of Islamic contributions. Arab technologies predated western civilization. Western societies need only to read this book to recognize the tremendous accomplishments achieved by Cited by:
Praise for Jonathan Lyons's works: The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization(Bloomsbury Press, ),with foreign language editions: Dutch, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian, Arabic, Turkish, Indonesian, Korean, Finnish, and Malayalam.. Sophisticated and thoughtful Mr. Lyons's narrative is vivid and elegant. The House of Wisdom.: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization. Jonathan Lyons. Bloomsbury Publishing USA, Feb 5, - History - pages. 1 Review. For centuries following the fall of Rome, western Europe was a. benighted backwater, a world of subsistence farming, minimal literacy, and violent conflict. The House of Wisdom gives a record of Muslim logical and social prevalence over Christian Europe amid the Middle Ages and contends that the West owes an obligation to the Arabs and Islam today (Lyons 13). His record is organized around Islam's required five day-by-day prayers and supplications. Lyon does supports it by revealing the stories.
The house of wisdom. by. Jonathan Lyons. Publication date. Topics. Civilization, Western -- Arab influences, Learning and scholarship -- Arab countries -- History -- Medieval, , East and West. Publisher. Bloomsbury Press. I consider The House of Wisdom to be a bad case of poor scholarship. Lyons’ book is pages long, Freely’s Aladdin’s Lamp pages. Neither of them mentions the terms ‘Jihad’ or ‘dhimmi’ even once in their books about Islamic culture. This says a great deal about the current intellectual climate. Jonathan Lyons' book, "The House of Wisdom", makes a compelling argument for western recognition of Islamic contributions. Arab technologies predated western civilization. Western societies need only to read this book to recognize the tremendous accomplishments achieved by Muslims and, Arabs, in particular.
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