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Well, you have certainly proven that one must take anything on Wikipedia with a grain of salt. Kudos. However the point that medieval gives the false impressio
by KhalilK 12y ago
Well, you have certainly proven that one must take anything on Wikipedia with a grain of salt. Kudos.
However the point that medieval gives the false impression that Al-Kāshī was a European astronomer still stands but unlike what you suggested before; changing the title, I hope this changed the impression.
- acqq 12y agoSee all my previous answers: it is absolutely normal to use "medieval" for historical periods outside of Europe, even for Japan. I also qouted printed encyclopedia "Medieval Islamic Civilization: An Encyclopedia" and "Encyclopaedia Iranica."