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> Because the Islamic golden age ended when their cities were razed by the mongols to the ground. That was certainly part of it, but it was also because they m
by wtbob 10y ago
> Because the Islamic golden age ended when their cities were razed by the mongols to the ground.
That was certainly part of it, but it was also because they managed to burn through the cultural & intellectual capital they had captured from Persia, Byzantium & North Africa. They Islamic Golden Age was much the same as the golden year one might experience if one stopped saving and burnt through all of one's savings in 12 months.
I don't know what Crusade-fuelled revisionism you might be referring to; I think that in the Middle Ages folks gave credit to the Dar al-Islam for the classical learning it captured from Persia, Byzantium & North Africa.
- partycoder 10y agoThe mongols destroyed the grand library of Baghdad after the siege of Baghdad led by Halagu Khan, then looted all libraries and killed a large number of scholars, and important infrastructure such as canals used for irrigation. Is not that they destroyed themselves. Then, they did have scientific and cultural achievements of their own and this is reflected in their buildings that you can now visit in Spain.
- dredmorbius 10y agoWhile what you're saying is largely true, the way you're stating it isn't particularly charitable. Address the facts, let the personalities and biases take care of themselves.
- partycoder 10y ago> Address the facts, let the personalities and biases take care of themselves. Sounds reasonable. But you are addressing my personality and bias now.
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- dredmorbius 10y agoDude: As I said at the beginning, I actually find your factual statements correct. Your mode of expressing them is getting in the way of your message. How you address this is your own concern. You seem quite bent on extracting personal battles from any discussion. I find that tedious. That said: it seems unlikely you'll change in the near term. I've merely tried to help. I'm out.
- dredmorbius 10y agoHow exactly does one "burn through" intellectual capital? Knowledge isn't consumed in the knowing. It can be forgotten.