Medival world

Islamic
Main article: Astrology in medieval Islam
Image of a Latin astrological text
Latin translation of Ab Ma shar's De Magnis Coninctionibs !'"f the great con#nctions'$%
&enice% '('()
Astrology was ta*en + by Islamic scholars following the colla+se of Alexandria to the Arabs in
the ,th centry% and the fonding of the Abbasid em+ire in the -th) .he second Abbasid cali+h% Al
Mansr !,(/0,,($ fonded the city of 1aghdad to act as a centre of learning% and inclded in its
design a library2translation centre *nown as 1ayt al23i*ma '3ose of 4isdom'% which contined to
receive develo+ment from his heirs and was to +rovide a ma#or im+ets for Arabic25ersian
translations of 3ellenistic astrological texts) .he early translators inclded Mashallah% who hel+ed
to elect the time for the fondation of 1aghdad%6/'7 and 8ahl ibn 1ishr% !a)*)a) 9ael$% whose texts
were directly inflential +on later :ro+ean astrologers sch as ;ido 1onatti in the '<th
centry% and 4illiam Lilly in the ',th centry)6/=7 >nowledge of Arabic texts started to become
im+orted into :ro+e dring the Latin translations of the '=th centry% the effect of which was to
hel+ initiate the :ro+ean ?enaissance)