# Translation and the House of Wisdom

In ninth-century Baghdad, scholars translated Greek, Persian and Indian works into Arabic and added their own. Algebra and much of astronomy were carried and extended there before returning to Europe in translation. verify

Connects to:
- [Algorithms](https://mapideas.org/i/mat_algorithm)
- [How numbers travelled](https://mapideas.org/i/hi_numbers)
- [Routes and exchange](https://mapideas.org/i/hi_routes)
- [What was lost, and how to know?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_hist_lost)
- [Islam](https://mapideas.org/i/re_islam)

Sources:
- [Wikipedia: House of Wisdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wisdom)
- [Wikipedia: Translation movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation_movement)

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