{"product_id":"baghdad-and-isfahan","title":"Baghdad and Isfahan","description":"\u003cp\u003eRenowned as great centres of learning, the cities of Baghdad and Isfahan were at\u003cbr\u003ethe heart of the Islamic civilization as rich capital cities and centres of intellectual\u003cbr\u003ethought. Their distinct cultural voices inspired a unique historical dialogue, which\u003cbr\u003efinds new expression in Baghdad and Isfahan, the story of how knowledge was\u003cbr\u003etransmitted and transformed within Islamic lands, and then spread across Europe.\u003cbr\u003eCapturing the history of Baghdad and Isfahan from 750 to 1750, Elaheh Kheirandish\u003cbr\u003edraws on the voices of court astronomers, mathematicians, scientists, mystics,\u003cbr\u003ejurists, statesmen and Arabic and Persian translators and scholars to document the\u003cbr\u003eextensive and lasting contribution of sciences from Islamic lands to the history of\u003cbr\u003escience. Kheirandish bases her narrative on a unique medieval manuscript and other\u003cbr\u003ehistorical sources and the result is more than a thousand-year ‘tale of two cities’ – it\u003cbr\u003eis a city by city, and century by century, look at what it took to change the world.\u003cbr\u003eIn a feat of travelogue and time travel, this unique book creates parallel stories\u003cbr\u003ewith modern and historical characters, crossing cities worldwide, and capturing\u003cbr\u003echanges through time. Interweaving multiple narratives, histories, and futures, she\u003cbr\u003echarts the possible paths – formalized and serendipitous, lost and recovered – by\u003cbr\u003ewhich knowledge itself is translated and transmitted across time and cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226985353560,"sku":"9781780768335","price":122.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781780768335.jpg?v=1770878726","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/baghdad-and-isfahan","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}