Re:Opposition to Galileo was scientific, not just religious
by acqq on Thursday October 06, 2016 @03:20PM
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Exactly. The modern myth of Islamic invaders "preserving" anything was just a myth and as far as I know is very recent.
The areas that we today identify with this faith had the history of a lot of science work before the invaders came. And the religion was also not that one:
From the five holy "sees" only Rome survived the invaders:
The areas that we today identify with this faith had the history of a lot of science work before the invaders came. And the religion was also not that one:
From the five holy "sees" only Rome survived the invaders:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic_see#Listing_of_the_s...
"Rome, in Italy (Saint Peter and Saint Paul)
Constantinople, now Istanbul in present-day Turkey (Saint Andrew)
Alexandria, in Egypt (Saint Mark the Evangelist)[14][15][16]
Antioch, in present-day Turkey (Saint Peter)[17]
Jerusalem, in the Holy Land (Saint Peter and Saint James)[18]"