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The Book of Agriculture

كتاب الفلاحة

Ibn al-'Awwam's Book of Agriculture had no medieval Latin version; Spain translated it into Spanish in 1802 to educate farmers – six centuries after it was written.

Author
Ibn al-'Awwam (late 12th century)
Field
Codes, geography, farming and machines
Arabic title
كتابُ الفِلاحة
Latin title
None in the Middle Ages; Spanish: Libro de agricultura (Madrid 1802); French: Le livre de l'agriculture (Paris 1864–67)

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