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Re:The Language of the Roman Empire by jhanschoo on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @12:57PM (#17084023)
This statement seems very ignorant to me. Medieval Islamic developments were manifold. Off the top of my head, the preeminence of Islamic ideas are fossilized in words like algebra, algorithm and alchemy.

A cursory visit to Wikipedia reveals a good list of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age

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Re:The Language of the Roman Empire by loggedinmyphone on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @04:04PM (#17085957)
I'm as excited about the achievements of the Islamic Golden Age as the next guy. It certainly helped lay the foundation for the scientific method, just as the achievements of Classical Greeks did. It's just that it was over before the scientific revolution started.
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