For sure, but that was long before Islam came along. Islam has suppressed any creativity by Arabs since Mohammed, which allowed other cultures (Europeans, Americans, Jews) to leapfrog them in science and culture. Israeli Jews post thousands of scientific articles every year while the billion Arabs worldwide post maybe dozens. Islam kills creativity (as well as killing innocent lives).
That’s interesting. I didn’t know Islam caused the decrease in areas of advancement of many areas of things. It does make sense though.