yakhchal (it’s kh of خ) actually means fridge. It’s the word still in use to describe an ordinary modern fridge (or maybe just freezer, I forget). Regardless,

yakhchal (it’s kh of خ) actually means fridge. It’s the word still in use to describe an ordinary modern fridge (or maybe just freezer, I forget). Regardless, enlightenment in Europe really distorted the west’s underdretending of east’s contribution to Europe’s ability to emerge from the Middle Ages, not just how to make ice cream. Anyone who ever read Voltaire can get the idea. What’s more sad is Muslims with western education are further removed from their heritage. But without the work of Muslim, Jewish and Zarathustra scholars, much of the ancient world’s knowledge would have been lost, and renesance in Europe would not have been possible. There’s a great science show on the BBC, develope by a British-Iraqi scientist, that mentions innovations we no longer associate with Islam (many developed by Muslim scientists and scholars). For example: navigation tools like astrolabe, that made it possible for European “explores” to navigate their boats, and many others still in practice even today, like treatment for cataract with injection syringe etc (in some parts of the world, though longer in the west).