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title: "The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found Hardcover – May 14, 2019"
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# The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found Hardcover – May 14, 2019

**Brand:** violet moller
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- **What is this?** The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found Hardcover – May 14, 2019 by violet moller
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## Customer Reviews

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    Explains the quest to save human knowledge.
  

*by J***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 26, 2022*

A fascinating account of how knowledge was increased, preserved, and spread starting in the Dark Ages and extending for 1000 years. The struggle to save our knowledge base was made worse because every book had to be re-written by hand and then carried to others around Europe.  This book demonstrates how humanity has striven to understand the world in which we live.

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    A New Narrative of Modernity
  

*by A***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 16, 2019*

While light in tone and intended for non-academics, The Map of Knowledge does carry a message intended to answer some of the more important questions of today.Ostensibly the manuscript history of three works by Euclid, Galen and Ptolemy, Dr. Moller devotes most of the text to invoking the spirit of the cities responsible for handing down and adding to this tradition.  These cities include not only the well known ancient Alexandria and Renaissance Venice but also medieval Baghdad and Córdoba.  Throughout the text, she finds the same characteristics predominating in regions of intellectual progress: cosmopolitanism, openness to immigration, free exchange of ideas across different religions and cultures...all hallmarks of the modern world.Throughout the narrative a second theme emerges with increasing vigor. The scientific and humanistic revolution which transpired in early modern Europe was partially due to the medieval societies of the Muslim and Hindu worlds. The Renaissance emphasis on a rebirth of culture not only slighted the genuine contributions of medieval Europe but also looked past the cultural importance of non-European peoples.A true history of modernity then would not draw a blank between the fall of Rome and Renaissance Italy but discuss the vibrant societies of Abbasid Mesopotamia and Andalusian Spain.  Given that these were emblematic of the multiculturalism so beloved by modernity it seems that the author is suggesting a rewrite of the history of Western civilization that would reach similar conclusions but arrive by a more circuitous route.I’m not a professional historian and cannot vouch for the accuracy of the author’s narrative.  It is clearly meant to be not merely an erudite history but also a salvo in the culture wars.  But the fact that an academic can translate this material into a popular work makes the book not less but more important.  It will be interesting to see if a secondary literature develops around the claims of this book and if it has its desired effect on how the history of Western civilization is taught.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Fantastic intellectual voyage
  

*by J***L on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 11, 2022*

This whirlwind tour of the dissemination and development of scientific ideas in city after city of the near east and Europe astounded md with its mix of great storytelling, focus on interesting and quirky details, and consistent reminders of the large context and meaning of the whole. Charming and acute writing, keeps you looking at all the right things to make sense of the broad analysis and range.

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