EPISODE · Nov 28, 2013 · 13 MIN

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from The Essay · host BBC Radio 3

In a major series for Radio 3, we rediscover some of the key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age. The period ranges from 750 to 1258 CE and we'll hear about architecture, invention, medicine, innovation and philosophy. Professor Jonathan Bloom on how the Islamic scholars and thinkers were the early adopters of paper - far ahead of their European contemporaries. Producer: Sarah Taylor.

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