James Burke : The Day The Universe Changed: "In The Light Of The Above", 3 of 5 (CC)

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Episode 2 of James Burke's ground-breaking series "The Day The Universe Changed" which explores the evolution of Western Scientific thought starting from the fall of Rome. See channel page for purchase options.

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[Philonus]

Is James Burke still alive? If so then what is he doing now?

[JamesBurkeWeb]

I'm sure he is. No idea what he's been up to lately.

[jozef3001]

Justinians law codes, which James mentions where not lost, they were only the first in a long list of law books develop in Byzantium, nothing like them existed in Europe or the Near East at the time, and later emperors well into the 12th Century revised and developed these law codes. You cannot be a primitive, to build something like Hagia Sophia. We need to overcome our western prejudice of the east, to give the Byzantine Empire its due. The West had a dark age the East did not.

[JamesBurkeWeb]

I'm not sure. That's probably true.

He doesn't actually say that the empire's law texts were lost to the Arabs, only that in 1066 the texts became known to the "Christian west".

He doesn't say where or how this discovery was made, and I personally don't know. Perhaps you could cite a reference to look up? I could use it as the profile link corresponding to this feature.

- JBW

[JamesBurkeWeb]

Sorry, I should say, he doesn't say whether Justinian law was known to the Arabs after the ... (let's say "near collapse" then) ... the near collapse of the Roman empire.

[ion010101]

@hiqhduke Hey, civility, or I can't take you srsly. It's a documentary on tv; it's not going to be perfect.

[DrDopehat]

@hiqhduke

"masochistic Islamophilia" ? Would you do me a favor and explain what that means

[hiqhduke]

Burke's masochistic Islamophilia and Western self-abasement is uncalled for bc 'Arab knowledge' was largely a Persian phenomenon based on books the Arabs plundered from Greco-Roman libraries in N.Africa established since Alexander. Thanx for the documentaries but I also gotta say: Fuck you James Burke!

[athroughzidontcare]

AP WORLD YEAAAA

[Vangrungy]

@lk1347

Tell that to the endangered Coptic Christians

[lk1347]

@Vangrungy WOAH. Islam is not evil. All religions have made a lot of mistakes in the past. Don't hate.

[painxtreme]

@JamesBurkeWeb Date of Birth: 12/22/1936 Current Age: 74

[Vangrungy]

mo/allah is the cause of the loss of roman accumulated knowledge...

Burke doesn't mention that the Cordova mosque used to be the Visigoth Christian St Vincent Church which was forced out of the slave Christian hands... The first half by decree, the second by forced sale...

St Vincent was the last Christian worship space in Cordova... islam is evil...

[PaulUmbarger]

@TheLastBrainLeft That's sort of how I've always viewed ot too.

[TheLastBrainLeft]

@PaulUmbarger Pretty much. The Arabs were nice enough to hold onto our knowledge while we struggled through the Dark Ages. Very little of it was original to the Arabs. Probably the last positive act of Islam in recorded history.