Key Events
C.786
HOUSE OF WISDOM
Epitomising the lust for learning and advancement during Abbasid rule, Bayt al-Hikmah, or the House of Wisdom, is established. It begins as a vast library set up by Harun al-Rashid, and is later extended by Caliph al-Ma’mun as a public academy.
The House of Wisdom was burned to the ground during the Mongol Siege of Baghdad.