Reassembling Knowledge Science, Medicine, and Philosophy in Sasanian and Early Islamic Iraq and Iran
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transcription and Transliteration
- Introduction
- 1 The Epistemological Ferment at Khusrō I’s Court
- 2 Medicine in Gondēšāpūr and Beyond I
- 3 Medicine in Gondēšāpūr and Beyond II
- 4 The Sasanian Zīj al-Shāh and the Reception of Indian Astral Science in Sasanian and Early Islamic Iraq and Iran
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series
Conclusion
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transcription and Transliteration
- Introduction
- 1 The Epistemological Ferment at Khusrō I’s Court
- 2 Medicine in Gondēšāpūr and Beyond I
- 3 Medicine in Gondēšāpūr and Beyond II
- 4 The Sasanian Zīj al-Shāh and the Reception of Indian Astral Science in Sasanian and Early Islamic Iraq and Iran
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series
Summary
The major through line in the intellectual history of late antique Iraq and Iran is its eclecticism: to a rare if not unique extent for the premodern world, the scholars of these regions drew substantially on both Indian and Greco-Roman traditions during the Sasanian and early Islamic periods. As we have seen, this eclecticism is reflected not only in the scholarly productions of this era but also in its historiography, where we find episodes such as Šāpūr II’s resettlement of Roman and Indian physicians in Khuzestan, and the comparison of Indian and Greco-Roman astronomical texts at Khusrō I’s behest.
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