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BainsBane

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2. The center of scientific and mathematical knowledge

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Wed Mar 1, 2017, 08:18 PM

Mar 2017

during the Middle Ages was in the Muslim word, Isfahan and Baghdad, for example. Islam also didn't see science as being in conflict with religion as was common in the Christian world. The height of literary, spiritual and scientific fluorescence is referred to as the Golden Age. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age

They did travel to the West, and Westerners traveled to the East. Islamic science records from the era can be found in the Vatican archives.

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Did Islam have some kind of Renaissance-era? [View all] DetlefK Feb 2016 OP

Yes. carpetbagger Jan 2017 #1

The center of scientific and mathematical knowledge BainsBane Mar 2017 #2

Research and "science" are not the same. DetlefK Mar 2017 #3

You could not be more mistaken, but it is understandable because the important foundations of grantcart Jun 2017 #5

Did this "science" allow the possibility that religious explanations could be wrong? DetlefK Jun 2017 #6

The Golden Age of Islam was more powerful than our Renaissance grantcart Jun 2017 #4