Greek Monasteries in the 1st Abbasid Era : A Civilization Study

Abstract

Christian monasteries were associated with the monastic life that was found in the land of Iraq represented by the various natural environmental factors as a decision for the origins of the monasteries and their directions with the beginning of their stability and the specificity of the monastic life represented by isolation and purification of the soul and work to reinforce the isolation sought by the monks, which provided a safe haven.

The peaceful coexistence advocated by the divine legislation helped the Christian people to maintain the land of Mesopotamia as well as the policy of the caliphs towards them and the rapprochement between the caliphs and the patriarchs of the Church of the East.

The blended intellectual mixture of feats and the leading civilizational influence in the service of human civilization has resulted in a single flaw and is considered the basis for that scientific renaissance. Man, their star shone in light of the Abbasid caliphate, which represented the height of the scientific prosperity.