The Translation Activities in the Abbaside Period

Journal Title: Eskiyeni - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 27

Abstract

Throughout the history all civilizations have transferred knowledge from a previous civilization or from a contemporary civilization. The most important channel of transferring knowledge has been translation. In this article, translation activities in Abbaside period - enclosed particularly from the middle of 8th century to the end of 10th century - which had a great influence on the formation of Islamic philosophy, development and dissemination of sciences in Islamic geography are dealt with.

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Gürkan DAĞBAŞI

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Gürkan DAĞBAŞI (2013). The Translation Activities in the Abbaside Period. Eskiyeni, 1(27), 178-188. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-556991