To: Secret Agent Man
NO, but it starts with an "m". The (m)uslims saved and translated the Greek texts while Europe was in the Dark Ages. Well documented. If they hadn't, we wouldn't even know who Aristotle, Plato, et al, were.
It was their one-and-only contribution to civilization.
303 posted on
07/27/2006 7:12:59 PM PDT by
wyattearp
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To: wyattearp
The (m)uslims saved and translated the Greek texts while Europe was in the Dark Ages. Well documented. If they hadn't, we wouldn't even know who Aristotle, Plato, et al, were. It was their one-and-only contribution to civilization.
Don't forget Ibn Khaldun.
394 posted on
07/27/2006 8:26:22 PM PDT by
Coyoteman
(I love the sound of beta decay in the morning!)
To: wyattearp
To: wyattearp
"It was their one-and-only contribution to civilization."
Other than that they made ZERO contributions.
Well, they helped with it.
684 posted on
07/28/2006 3:13:11 AM PDT by
Radix
(Somehow, my Flux Capacitor got crossed up with my Interocitor.)
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