[adolph]

What a wonderfully composed article that balanced telling of the science involved within the social political and economic context (for this lay person at least). The transfer of technologies and academics further westward reminds me a bit of “How the Irish Saved Civilization’s” thesis regarding certain monasteries preservation of knowledge during the post-Roman period of Western Europe. A pity for Ireland that it wasn’t as able to capitalize on the role as the US after WWII.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Irish_Saved_Civilizati...

[sapling-ginger]

Wow, some people really can't stomach the idea of the Arabs and Persians saving Europe, do they?

[adolph]

No, the title and book focus on Ireland’s role but that does not in any way diminish the contributions of others. The relationship of Moors in Iberia and Seljuks in Anatolia was more adversarial however.