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(1-1) The reconstructed facade of the Library of Celsus in the
ruined city of Ephesus (Sorin Colac/Alamy Stock
Photo).
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(2-1) Map of ancient Alexandria
(THEPALMER).
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(2-2) Pages from the manuscript of Euclid’s Elements (The Bodleian Library, University of
Oxford, MS. D’Orville 301 f113v-f114r).
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(2-3) A reconstruction of the Altar of Zeus at Pergamon
(Ullstein Bild/Contributor).
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(2-4) Anatomical votives found at the Temple of Asclepius in
Athens (A Companion to Science, Technology, and
Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome by Georgia L. Irby © 2016
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Reproduced with permission of the Licensor
through PLSclear).
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(3-1) A reconstructed map of early Baghdad (Reprinted from Map
III from Appendix D, Figures 1, 2, 5 and 6 from Appendix E from The Topography of Baghdad in the Early Middle
Ages by Jacob Lassner. Copyright © 1970 Wayne State
University Press, with the permission of Wayne State University
Press).
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(3-2) Modern reconstructions of the gates of Baghdad
(Ibid.).
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(3-3) Map of the Round City (Ibid.).
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(3-4) The development and geographical movement of the
Hindu-Arabic numerals (Encyclopedia
Britannica/Contributor).
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(3-5) The Banu Musas’ diagram of their self-trimming lamp
(Granger Historical Picture Archive/Alamy Stock
Photo).
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(4-1) An early-eighteenth-century view of Córdoba
(Tarker/Bridgeman Images).
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(4-2) Reconstructed Arabic water wheel in Córdoba (Alain Machet
(2)/Alamy Stock Photo).
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(4-3) The Roman bridge over the River Guadalquivir with Córdoba
on the left bank (By courtesy of the author).
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(4-4) Modern reconstructions of some of al-Zahrawi’s intricate
surgical instruments (Ibid.).
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(5-1) An astrolabe made in Toledo (Granger Historical Picture
Archive/Alamy Stock Photo).
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(5-2) A fifteenth-century engraving of Toledo (PRISMA
ARCHIVO/Alamy Stock Photo).
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(5-3) Diagram from a manuscript of Gerard of Cremona’s
translation of al-Zarqali’s Canones
(Wellcome Collection).
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(6-1) A nineteenth-century view of Salerno (De
Agostini/Galleria Garisenda/Bridgeman Images).
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(6-2) Robert II of Normandy being treated in Salerno
(akg-images/Bible Land Pictures/Z.
Radovan/www.BibleLandPictures).
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(6-3) A page from the Circa
instans (Wellcome Collection).
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(7-1) A Portuguese map of Palermo harbour (The Protected Art
Archive/Alamy Stock Photo).
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(7-2) The Norman Palace in Palermo (Michael Wald/Alamy Stock
Photo).
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(7-3) Illustration of mosaics in the Martorana Church and
Palatine Chapel (Florilegius/Alamy Stock Photo).
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(8-1) A map of Venice in the twelfth century (Granger
Historical Picture Archive/Alamy Stock Photo).
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(8-2) An early printing press (Artokoloro Quint Lox
Limited/Alamy Stock Photo).
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(8-3) A fifteenth-century map of Venice (Age Fotostock/Alamy
Stock Photo).
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(8-4) First page of Ratdolt’s 1582 printed edition of The Elements (Granger Historical Picture
Archive/Alamy Stock Photo).
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(8-5) The Aldine ‘dolphin and anchor’ (Wellcome
Collection).
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(8-6) A page of Galen’s De methodus
methendi (Add MS 6898, f.Iv, British Library, London, UK ©
British Library Board. All Rights Reserved/Bridgeman
Images).
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(1) Galen dissecting a pig (Wellcome
Collection).
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(2) ‘Bone man’ and ‘muscle man’ from Vesalius’ De humani corporis fabrica (AF Fotografie/Alamy
Stock Photo).
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(3) The Copernican universe (Science History Images/Alamy Stock
Photo).