Also, much of the classical knowledge reintroduced later in Europe was from Islamic translations. Having studied some history of math it's pretty mind-boggling

Also, much of the classical knowledge reintroduced later in Europe was from Islamic translations. Having studied some history of math it's pretty mind-boggling how this is ignored. Not to mention the developments made, e.g. Algebra (al jabr). I speculate one of the reasons Italy was so prolific on this field and anticipated Europe is it's proximity and being a trade center.