Córdoba was the grandest city of Islamic Civilization in Spain. Indeed this city was the main threshold behind the European Renaissance. Many non-Muslims find it hard to believe [James White?] that there was a time in the Middle Ages when an Islamic city such as Córdoba was the center of civilization while Europe was living in the “Dark Ages”. As a matter of fact Muslim countries then considered Europe to be chaotic, unorganized and backward. That’s why the period before the 1100s was called the “Dark Ages” in Christian Europe as the Europeans failed to benefit from Muslims’ scientific discoveries. It’s tragic how Muslims’ contributions go by unacknowledged in Europe, whose renaissance couldn’t have occurred without the Islamic discoveries.
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Paul, certainly the Muslim empires during the early middle ages provided a degree of social stability and encouragement for learning, both in the form of preserving the ideas of the ancient Greeks and innovation too.
However, I think the expression “…whose renaissance couldn’t have occurred without the Islamic discoveries.’ is a bit strong. My understanding is that the European Renaissance was mainly an expression of humanist ideas based on the rediscovery of ancient Greek and Latin texts.
Can you give a couple of examples of “Islamic discoveries” without which the Renaissance could not have occurred?
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Another important influence on the Renaissance was the migration of Greek scholars from Constantinople following its capture by the Ottoman empire in 1453. So this was an indirect impact from the Muslim world albeit in the form of imperial military conquest culminating in a siege and massacre of civilians.
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Can you give a couple of examples of “Islamic discoveries” without which the Renaissance could not have occurred?
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Paul,
Can you give a couple of examples of “Islamic discoveries” without which the Renaissance could not have occurred?
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lol you are persistent Andy. If you use the search engine called “Google” you will find the answers
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Paul,
I used the second half of your original post as input to Google
“As a matter of fact Muslim countries then considered Europe to be chaotic, unorganized and backward. That’s why the period before the 1100s was called the “Dark Ages” in Christian Europe as the Europeans failed to benefit from Muslims’ scientific discoveries. It’s tragic how Muslims’ contributions go by unacknowledged in Europe, whose renaissance couldn’t have occurred without the Islamic discoveries.”
The top result was this web page:
http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_1601_1650/how_islam_influenced_the_europea.htm
Before I do further research on the claims made by this author could you please verify that this is where you copied your original post from?
Thanks
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