The role Muslim dominated Spain had in the renaissance of Western Europe in the High Middle Ages has been way overblown. And Driftdriver is right. Many of the early Muslim scientists were not Arabs. They were Assyrians who already were experts in science before the Arab Muslims showed up. Muslims later turned against much of the scientific development they themselves had helped foster. The Muslim world gradually became a backwater - and remained one until now. The Jordanian Minister of Education (maybe it was Culture?) admited a few years ago that the entire Arab Muslim world translated fewer books into Arabic over its entire history (1400 years) than Spain translates into Spanish in a single year. BACKWATER!
True. Much of “Islamic civilization” is claiming the civilization built up in Persia and Egypt prior to Islamic conquest plus, perhaps, a minor flowering with the mixture of ideas after conquering but before the majority was Muslim.
I get sick of how they don’t teach the history of Islam and the atrocities committed through Jihad. My daughter is learning about the crusades and she doesn’t learn what evils the Muslims did but only that the crusades were the cause of anger in the Muslim world towards Christians.
That professor is a very impressive representative for Jordan.
Have you seen him in videos?
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