Ruins of the University at Harran
by Ayhan Altun
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Ruins of the University at Harran
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Ayhan Altun
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Ruins of the University at Harran(Islam's first university). It was one of the main Ayyubid buildings of the city, built in the classical revival style.During the late 8th and 9th centuries Harran was a centre for translating works of astronomy, philosophy, natural sciences, and medicine from Greek to Syriac by Assyrians, and thence to Arabic, bringing the knowledge of the classical world to the emerging Arabic-speaking civilization in the south. Baghdad came to this work later than Harran. Many important scholars of natural science, astronomy, and medicine originate from Harran; they were non-Arab and non-Islamic ethnic Assyrians, including possibly the alchemist Jabir ibn Hayyan.
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