See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_of_the_Greek_Classics#Arab_translations_and_commentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_of_the_Gre

See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_of_the_Greek_Classics#Arab_translations_and_commentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_of_the_Greek_Clas... : "This work of translation ... constituted one of the greatest transmissions of ideas in history".