How paper travelled from Samarkand to Europe
China invented paper, but the Islamic world spread it. The story of a material that changed bookmaking from Baghdad to Xàtiva and Fabriano.
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Arabic words living in Spanish, Italian and French
From sugar to zero, Arabic words crossed the sea and are still used every day in the languages of southern Europe.
Ibn Khaldun and asabiyya: why states rise and fall
More than six centuries ago, Ibn Khaldun explained the life cycle of states with one idea: the solidarity that binds people together, then wears away.
The House of Wisdom: the translation workshop that changed the history of science
In Abbasid Baghdad, Greek, Persian and Indian works were translated into Arabic, and the word algorithm was born.
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