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The Resource The history and achievements of the Islamic Golden Age, Eamonn Gearon

The history and achievements of the Islamic Golden Age, Eamonn Gearon

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The history and achievements of the Islamic Golden Age
Title
The history and achievements of the Islamic Golden Age
Statement of responsibility
Eamonn Gearon
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Meet the people and explore the achievements of the Islamic Goldgen Age, a powerful 500-year history of science, culture, philosophy, and more
Member of
Accompanying matter
  • bibliography
  • libretto or text
  • instructional materials
Cataloging source
JBL
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Gearon, Eamonn
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not applicable
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Literary text for sound recordings
  • lectures speeches
  • history
Music parts
not applicable
PerformerNote
Lecturer: Professorial Lecturer Eamonn Gearon, Johns Hopkins University
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Teaching Company
Series statement
Great courses. History. Civilization & culture
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  • Islamic Empire
  • Islam
  • Islamic civilization
  • Islam
  • Islam
  • Islamic civilization
  • Islamic Empire
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Label
The history and achievements of the Islamic Golden Age, Eamonn Gearon
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Title from container
  • "Course no. 3863."
  • In two containers (19 cm)
  • 24 lectures (30 min. each)
  • Compact discs
Accompanying material
1 course guidebook (vi, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm).
Bibliography note
Guidebook Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-217)
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Baghdad's House of Wisdom
  • Disc 4.
  • Muhammad, the Hadith, and Imam Bukhari
  • Interpreting and defending the Quran
  • Disc 5.
  • The Arab Herodotus: al-Masudi
  • Cairo, al-Haytham, and the Book of optics
  • Disc 6.
  • Master Muslim scholar: al-Biruni
  • Astronomy in the Islamic Golden Age
  • Disc 1.
  • Disc 7:
  • Medieval Muslim medicine and hospitals
  • Alchemistry and chemistry in early Baghdad
  • Disc 8.
  • The Fertile Crescent, water, and al-Jazari
  • Jewish scholar in Cairo: Moses Maimonides
  • Disc 9.
  • The Banu Musa's inventions and automatons
  • Mosques, architecture, and Gothic revival
  • Disc 10:
  • From camels to stars in the Middle East
  • Arabic verse, love poetry, and wine songs
  • Medieval mastermind: Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
  • Disc 11.
  • Entertaining in the time of the Abbasids
  • Calligraphy, carpets, and the Arabic arts
  • Disc 12.
  • When did the Islamic Golden Age end?
  • Ibn Khaldun on the rise and fall of Empire
  • Ibn Battuta's search for knowledge
  • Disc 2.
  • Arabian nights caliph: Harun al-Rashid
  • The Arab world's greatest writer: al-Jahiz
  • Disc 3.
  • Algebra, algorithms, and al-Khwarizmi
Control code
976012134
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Extent
12 audio discs (12 hr.)
Form of item
direct electronic
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781629973746
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other physical details
digital
Publisher number
  • 3863
  • PC3863A
  • IC3863A-01
  • IC3863A-02
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
(OCoLC)976012134
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
The history and achievements of the Islamic Golden Age, Eamonn Gearon
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Title from container
  • "Course no. 3863."
  • In two containers (19 cm)
  • 24 lectures (30 min. each)
  • Compact discs
Accompanying material
1 course guidebook (vi, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm).
Bibliography note
Guidebook Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-217)
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
audio disc
Carrier category code
  • sd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Baghdad's House of Wisdom
  • Disc 4.
  • Muhammad, the Hadith, and Imam Bukhari
  • Interpreting and defending the Quran
  • Disc 5.
  • The Arab Herodotus: al-Masudi
  • Cairo, al-Haytham, and the Book of optics
  • Disc 6.
  • Master Muslim scholar: al-Biruni
  • Astronomy in the Islamic Golden Age
  • Disc 1.
  • Disc 7:
  • Medieval Muslim medicine and hospitals
  • Alchemistry and chemistry in early Baghdad
  • Disc 8.
  • The Fertile Crescent, water, and al-Jazari
  • Jewish scholar in Cairo: Moses Maimonides
  • Disc 9.
  • The Banu Musa's inventions and automatons
  • Mosques, architecture, and Gothic revival
  • Disc 10:
  • From camels to stars in the Middle East
  • Arabic verse, love poetry, and wine songs
  • Medieval mastermind: Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
  • Disc 11.
  • Entertaining in the time of the Abbasids
  • Calligraphy, carpets, and the Arabic arts
  • Disc 12.
  • When did the Islamic Golden Age end?
  • Ibn Khaldun on the rise and fall of Empire
  • Ibn Battuta's search for knowledge
  • Disc 2.
  • Arabian nights caliph: Harun al-Rashid
  • The Arab world's greatest writer: al-Jahiz
  • Disc 3.
  • Algebra, algorithms, and al-Khwarizmi
Control code
976012134
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
Extent
12 audio discs (12 hr.)
Form of item
direct electronic
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781629973746
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
mass produced
Kind of material
plastic with metal
Media category
audio
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650, 655
Other physical details
digital
Publisher number
  • 3863
  • PC3863A
  • IC3863A-01
  • IC3863A-02
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
sound disc
Speed
1.4m. per second (discs)
System control number
(OCoLC)976012134
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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