House+of+Wisdom

House of Wisdom Sophie Bonstrom toc =﻿Defining House of Wisdom= The House of wisdom was Baghdad's Library. It was a monumental structure and the architecture was ornate but also simple. The House was a place for all such as translators, copiests, scholars, Scientists, librarians, etc. Also, it was the home of swells of Persian, Sanskrit and Greek texts that flooded into Baghdad. Many people came to pray, learn, socialize and have large meetings at The House of wisdom. It was a real do it all. People who worked there worked as fast as they could whenever they could to get the knowledge out to the people and to others working as well. The House of Wisdom was originally a library but as it grew it purpose did as well. =﻿Translation= Scholars from all over the Islamic Empire and even those who were not from part of the empire would come to the House of Wisdom to translate works from other langueges. Knowlge seekers would go out and retrive different works of liturature, Math, science, etc. to be translated into aribic by the scholars. The House of Wisdom suaght out to gather and translate all of the worlds wisdom. All works translated were hand writen in Aribic. =﻿Preservation= At the House of Wisdom