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How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance
- Create 15y agoScience and Islam (documentary) is a BBC series on the topic. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Science_and_Islam_%28documentary%29 https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Science_and_I...
- TNO 15y agoIf the Muslims didn't burn down the library of Alexandria I wonder if the Renaissance wouldn't have come much sooner.
- paradoja 15y agoThe library was probably burnt more than once, and there's no proof that the Muslims did it the last time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria#Arabic_sources_for_the_destruction_of_the_library http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria#Arabic_so...
- TNO 15y ago"the last time". You're right to infer that the Christians did their fair share of burning as well, if not more so in this case.