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Much of ancient Greek knowledge comes to us because the Arabs preserved it. Some of them were Christians of course (so the occasional monastery may have been in
by kingofpandora 4y ago
Much of ancient Greek knowledge comes to us because the Arabs preserved it. Some of them were Christians of course (so the occasional monastery may have been involved) but mostly not.
- diegoholiveira 4y agoYes, the Arabs keep some, Europeans keep others. That’s why I use the word “much” in the beginning of my statement.
- ticviking 4y agoA more accurate description of that history is that the Christian Byzantine empire preserved it but it came to us from the Arabs as a result of it taking a foreign invasion to get Greek Christians and The West to talk to one another after 1054