The house of wisdom

What Mosque was built in AD 767?

• Mansur Mosque

• Bongsur Mosque

• Mangkaw Mosque

He came to power on AD 786, after Caliph Al-Mansur.

• Caliph Harun Al-Rashid

• Caliph Al-Ma'mun

• Caliph Al-Battuta

Who expanded the House of Wisdom in AD 813?

• Caliph Al-Mamun

• Caliph Al-Mansur

• Caliph Al-Rashid

Who invaded Baghdad after AD 860?

• Ikhhanate Mongol Armies

• Greek Armies

• Egyptian Armies

Another name for The House of Wisdom

• Bayt Al-Hikma

• Bayt Al-dente

• Bayt Al-baster

Who founded the House of Wisdom?

• Caliph Harun Al-Rashid

• Caliph Al-Mansur

• Caliph Al-Ma'mun

Caliph Harun Al-Rashid encouraged learning and invited scholars of different faiths to his court and treated them with great respect.

• True

• False

It was a library and research facility which collected and translated scientific writing from many languages including Persian, Indian, Ancient Greek, and Roman texts.

• House of Wisdom

• Temple of Wisdom

• House of Leaders

Scholars from the House of Wisdom traveled widely to collect texts from all over the world and translated them into _____.

• Arabic

• Greek

• Roman

By the end of the 9th century, the House of Wisdom stored more books than anywhere else in the world and was attracting the most brilliant Arab and Persian minds to study there.

• True

• False