From Babylon to Baghdad

Section: History Books

Number of pages: 356 pages

From Babylon to Baghdad... The cultural influence that the Babylonians had on those who came after them took two different paths: the path of texts, when the stories themselves were transmitted, and the path of literary traditions, when it was not possible to transmit specific texts but rather to transmit literary customs and practices, and genre forms with their own characteristics in the use and interpretation of language. With the spread of texts east and west, and the localization of texts and traditions in new cultures, it was necessary to take into account a slow and hidden process, which is the process of adapting texts and traditions with the aim of localizing and acclimatizing them. Thus, new layers belonging to other cultures accumulate on top of the authentic texts and traditions.