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To: LibWhacker

You are right, and even the math and science they get credited for is mostly just Greek learning which they copied. They should get credit only for maintaining the magnificent works of the ancients, but very little was invented by them.


52 posted on 02/22/2007 6:40:51 PM PST by Defiant (Hillary 2008: Because America needs a nude erection, not an Obama Nation.)
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To: Defiant
You are right, and even the math and science they get credited for is mostly just Greek learning which they copied. They should get credit only for maintaining the magnificent works of the ancients, but very little was invented by them.

They didn't always preserve, either. They pretty much destroyed all representational art they found in the conquered provinces of the East. And their record of preserving the writings of the ancient past is dismal compared to the West.
184 posted on 02/22/2007 8:53:47 PM PST by Antoninus ("For some, the conservative constituency is an inconvenience. For me, it's my hope." -Duncan Hunter)
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