The inimitable Thomas Cahill turns his eye on the dawn of the modern Western world in this intelligent, beautifully written exploration of medieval Europe, the fifth book in his acclaimed Hinges of History series.
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@swale13 Crediting Muslims with saving Greek texts is factually incorrect. Greek literature was already safe in Alexandria and other Greek-speaking cities before Muslims besieged and conquered them.
Much was in fact lost when Arabic replaced Greek due to the sharp break in tradition. All sources used today, even for Averroes favorite philosopher Aristotle, come not from Muslim-ruled cities like Alexandria or Cordoba but from Constantinople, the only major Greek city Muslims failed to conquer...
unapologeticmind 1 year ago 2
Greek texts were saved by Averroes__the Islamic scholar__long before the Irish were at it
what a BSer
swale13 2 years ago