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What was the main purpose for the house of wisdom that the Abbasid Caliphate created in Baghdad

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Answer: The main purpose is library.

Explanation: The House of Wisdom was a library where great islamic scholars translated text from Chinese, Greek, Persian, and Sanskrit into Arabic and the house became the home of ancient and modern wisdom during the Islamic Golden Age, preserving important works of scholarship from across Europe and the Middle East. Furthermore, it was the most important cultural centre of Arab and Islamic civilization and one of the greatest cities of the world.

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