How Greek Science Passed to the Arabs

De Lacy O Leary
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Contents
CHAPTER I
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INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER II
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HELLENISM IN ASIA
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(1) HELLENIZATION OF SYRIA
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(2) THE FRONTIER PROVINCES
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(3) FOUNDATION OF JUNDI-SHAPUR
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(4) DIOCLETIAN AND CONSTANTINE
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CHAPTER III
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THE LEGACY OF GREECE
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(1) ALEXANDIUAN SCIENCE
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(2) PHILOSOPHY
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(3) GREEK MATHEMATICIANS
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(4) GREEK MEDICINE
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CHAPTER IV
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CHRISTIANITY AS A HELLENIZING FORCE
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(1) HELLENISTIC ATMOSPHERE OF CHRISTIANITY
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(2) EXPANSION OF CHRISTIANITY
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(3) ECCLESIASTTCAL ORGANIZATION
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CHAPTER V
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THE NESTORIANS
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(1) THE FIRST SCHOOL OF NISIBIS
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(2) SCHOOL OF EDESSA
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(3) THE NESTORIAN SCHISM
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(4) DARK PERIOD OF THE NESTORIAN CHURCH
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(5) THE NESTORIAN REFORMATION
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CHAPTER VI
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THE MONOPHYSITES
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(1) BEGINNINGS OF MONOPHYSITISM
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(2) THE MONOPHYSITE SCHISM
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(3) PERSECUTION OF THE MONOPHYSITES
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(4) ORGANIZATION OF THE MONOPHYSITE CHURCH
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(5) PERSIAN MONOPHYSITES
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CHAPTER VII
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INDIAN INFLUENCE-THE SEA ROUTE
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(1) THE SEA ROUTE TO INDIA
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(2) ALEXANDRIAN SCIENCE IN INDIA
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CHAPTER VIII
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INDIAN INFLUENCE II-THE LAND ROUTE
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(1) BACTRIA
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(2) THE ROAD THROUGH MARW
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CHAPTER IX
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