325
B.C. - Eastward spread of Greek culture begins.
431
A.D. - Council of Ephesus; Nestorians declared heretics.
529
- Scholars from Plato's Academy (closed by Justinian) invited to Jundi-
Shapur.
632
- Death of Muhammed; spread of Islam.
749
- New Muslim dynasty (Abbasids) patronize translation.
850
- Hunain ibn Ishaq heads an institute of translation.
900
- Islamic science begins to flourish in its own right.
1100
- Translation from Arabic to Latin begins.
1200
- Isla mic science is in serious decline.
400
- 600 A.D. - Barbarian destruction of the Roman Empire.
800
- Carolingian Renaissance under Charlemagne.
1100
- 12th-century Renaissance revives interest in learning; translation from
Greek and Arabic begins.
1200
- The full legacy of Greek and Muslim learning is available in Latin and
is incorporated into University curriculum.
1277
- Condemnations by Bishop of Paris represent the church's reaction against
Aristotelian and other Greek and Muslim learning.
