House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikma)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:library gptkb:research_institute
gptkbp:activity	original research scientific debate translation of Greek texts manuscript preservation education of scholars
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
gptkbp:destroyedBy	Mongol invasion 1258
gptkbp:established	8th century
gptkbp:expansion	gptkb:Caliph_al-Ma'mun
gptkbp:field	gptkb:astronomy gptkb:literature gptkb:mathematics gptkb:medicine gptkb:philosophy chemistry engineering geography
gptkbp:foundedBy	Caliph Harun al-Rashid
gptkbp:function	gptkb:translator gptkb:scientific_research education
gptkbp:languageOfWork	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Greek gptkb:Persian gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Baghdad
gptkbp:notableContributor	gptkb:Thabit_ibn_Qurra gptkb:Al-Kindi gptkb:Hunayn_ibn_Ishaq gptkb:Al-Farabi Al-Khwarizmi
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate gptkb:Baghdad gptkb:Islamic_Golden_Age translation movement
gptkbp:significance	center of learning during Islamic Golden Age
gptkbp:type	gptkb:educational_institution gptkb:library gptkb:research_institute
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Caliph_al-Ma'mun
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikma)