[IronJack]

They did great things in the Middle Ages, though.

Name one.

[oldbill]

That’s an example.
As are Two,3,4,5, 6,7,8,9, and zero.

[CondorFlight]

“They did great things in the Middle Ages, though.:

In fact, most of what they “did”, they borrowed from the Hindus.

A couple of books (by Ward-Perkins and Emmet Scott) propose that the decline of western Europe in the Middle Ages was not really due to the barbarian invasions; but to the end of trade in the Mediterranean,
which was a direct result of the Islamic conquest.

The books also note the decline of agriculture and urban life in the entire area from Anatolia to Spain, from, they assert, the same cause.

[dsc]

“Name one.”

Well, they conquered vast lands, murdered huge numbers of people, and enslaved even more.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

They killed a lot of Christians in the Middle-ages. That's a great thing in the mind of Dawkins.

[miss marmelstein]

Some of the Islamic art in Sicily is very beautiful. It dates from the Middle Ages - the last time these dopes had any sense.

[The_Reader_David]

They did great things in the Middle Ages, though. Name one.

Put together the Hindu notion of zero and Greek Diophantine equations to produce algebra.

I'm not sure it counts as "great" given what they had to start with, but it was something.

[Dr. Sivana]

They did great things in the Middle Ages, though.

The 12th century philosopher and mathematician Averroes actual did a lot of good work and was a great influence on western philosophy (in a good way). He would not stand a chance today.

For starters, they wouldn't have much use for this nice statue of him in Spain:

[bunkerhill7]

They renamed a great city, Saidpur
or Marthur to
“Islam-is-a-bad” or Islamisabad