July 30, 762 to February 13, 1258 | MetaFilter — “With the death of the dynasty, and of the city itself, on February 13, 1258, the Islamic Golden Age was over.” - http://www.metafilter.com/134766...
“In two weeks of blood and fire, one of the greatest intellectual and cultural legacies the world had ever seen came to an end. Crushed under the hooves of a mighty foe (in one case literally), a dynasty, an empire, a city, and a library all disappeared. It was perhaps the swiftest and most complete collapse of a civilization ever, still felt to this day. Now, how about for some context?” • #рубрика_прекрасное - #истфак - × × ×