Yo, Dnia środa, 6 maja 2015 08:17:15 Robert Hettinga pisze:
(some not-that-bad analysis ellided)
All of Arab “contributions” to “civilization” were derivative. The lateen sail was Roman (“Lateen”, geddit?), for instance. Damascus steel was Indian wootz steel.
Let me comment thusly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcvd5JZkUXY
The Arabs' principal accomplishment, if you can call it that, was destroying the ancient world wherever they went, and replacing it with abject barbarism for most of a thousand years.
Now, now, in no small part Europe got reacquinted (in the ~11th-12th century) with Aristotle via Arabic translations. So, there's that. -- Pozdrawiam, Michał "rysiek" Woźniak Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147 GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147