“The sciences were financially supported, honoured everywhere, universally pursued; they were like tall edifices supported by strong foundations. Then the Christian religion appeared in Byzantium and the centres of learning were eliminated, their vestiges effaced and the edifice of Greek… — Al Masudi Copy Share
“An agile, well-trained, brave elephant, ridden by a good mahout, its trunk armed with the kind of sabre known as a qartal and covered… — Al Masudi Copy Share Image
“It was at this time that backgammon was invented and began to be popular. It is a kind of paradigm of how wealth is… — Al Masudi Copy Share Image
“The sciences were financially supported, honoured everywhere, universally pursued; they were like tall edifices supported by strong foundations. Then the Christian religion appeared in Byzantium and the centres of learning were eliminated, their vestiges effaced and the edifice of Greek learning was obliterated. Everything the ancient Greeks had brought to light vanished, and the discoveries of the ancients were altered… — Al Masudi Copy Share
“He who has never left his hearth and has confined his researches to the narrow field of the history of his own country cannot… — Al Masudi Copy Share Image
“When a man dies, his wife is burned alive with him, but if the wife dies before her husband, the man does not suffer… — Al Masudi Copy Share Image
