Contributions to the body of knowledge is not and never ever been monopolized by any particular nation or civilization but if you read most modern textbooks you

Contributions to the body of knowledge is not and never ever been monopolized by any particular nation or civilization but if you read most modern textbooks you're forgiven to think that it was all started with Greek civilization and then nothing of significance happened until Renaissance movement in the 14th CE (conveniently skipping the contributions of the Roman (namely Rome and Byzantine) and Muslim empires (namely Rashidun, Umayyad, Abassid, Andalusian Spanish, Ottoman)). A popular Monty Python sketch of "What have the Roman's done to us" perfectly summarized this ridiculous sentiment.[1] The fact that many contributions from other older civilizations for examples Indus Valley (Indian) where the original cuneiform alphabet was started and Phoenician (Arabic) where most of the modern alphabets (Latin, Greek, Arabic, Sanskrit) originated. The former Indus Valley script has not even been successfully deciphered yet until today (Nobel price in waiting for the ones who will deciphered them), perhaps they are some older proofs that are just waiting to be discovered upon the understanding of the Indus Valley scripts and languages. But the nonsensical narrative of whom has the monopoly of contributions to knowledge will carry on until the end of time but the reality is that we are just standing on the shoulders of giants [2]. [1] What have the Roman's done to us: https://youtu.be/kCXoUZSgE08 https://youtu.be/kCXoUZSgE08 [2]Standing on the shoulders of giants: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_on_the_shoulders_of_giants https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_on_the_shoulders_of...