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The Translation Movement preserved and transmitted Greek and Indian knowledge to the Islamic world and later to Europe. The Translation Movement, particularly during the Abbasid Caliphate's golden age (8th-10th centuries CE), represents one of history's most significant intellectual transfers. Centered in Baghdad's House of Wisdom, scholars systematically translated Greek, Persian, Indian, and Syriac texts into Arabic. Works by Aristotle, Plato, Euclid, Ptolemy, and other classical thinkers were preserved and enhanced with commentaries. This intellectual endeavor saved countless ancient texts that might otherwise have been lost and integrated diverse knowledge traditions. Muslim scholars added original contributions in mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and philosophy. These translated and expanded works later reached Europe through Islamic Spain, helping spark the European Renaissance and scientific revolution by reintroducing classical learning enhanced by centuries of Arabic scholarship.

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