Re:Islam and science: The road to renewal
by richardjordan on Monday January 28, 2013 @06:53PM
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Point 4. is a bit ranty... who's brainwashing themselves? Western People? Who dey? Western People == FoxNews? You kinda lose the point on that one alone...
It's a simplification to say that the renaissance started in Muslim Spain. The understanding of it being an Italian-led phenomenon is consistent with the fact that its height was certainly in the Italian city-states. But the renaissance was a process of re-discovering learning as Byzantium fell and the knowledge accumulated by the Roman empire drifted back to the West. Much of that knowledge trickled back via Muslim lands because that was the geopolitical reality of the time.
It's a simplification to say that the renaissance started in Muslim Spain. The understanding of it being an Italian-led phenomenon is consistent with the fact that its height was certainly in the Italian city-states. But the renaissance was a process of re-discovering learning as Byzantium fell and the knowledge accumulated by the Roman empire drifted back to the West. Much of that knowledge trickled back via Muslim lands because that was the geopolitical reality of the time.