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<blockquote data-quote="OSHNAPITSSABRINAttt" data-source="post: 2953580" data-attributes="member: 92016">Clearly this individual has no history training. Take for example the hugely important cultural role that the Moors played in bringing Europe out of the dark ages and sowing many of the seeds that would lead to the Renaissance.Seriously, for quite a while the Moors were quite frankly centuries ahead of Eurpoeans in terms of technology and culture. While they didn&#039;t invent papermaking they facilitated the spread of it into the world (basically they paid Chinese Papermakers for the techonology and then ran with it).Futher, for quite some time they were expanding mathmatics, literature and science. They carried on much of the Greek tradition of inquiry while Europeans were not particularly interested in it -- in many cases protecting classic works of literature and thought.They also bankrolled a lot of development in Spain and southern Europe.I&#039;m not claiming for a moment that they were prefect. And there is deep and bitter irony in looking at how progressive Moorish society was and seeing how restrictive their descendants have become. But to discount the roles of Muslims in history and the development of technology is pure clap trap.- Matt</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OSHNAPITSSABRINAttt, post: 2953580, member: 92016"] Clearly this individual has no history training. Take for example the hugely important cultural role that the Moors played in bringing Europe out of the dark ages and sowing many of the seeds that would lead to the Renaissance. Seriously, for quite a while the Moors were quite frankly centuries ahead of Eurpoeans in terms of technology and culture. While they didn't invent papermaking they facilitated the spread of it into the world (basically they paid Chinese Papermakers for the techonology and then ran with it). Futher, for quite some time they were expanding mathmatics, literature and science. They carried on much of the Greek tradition of inquiry while Europeans were not particularly interested in it -- in many cases protecting classic works of literature and thought. They also bankrolled a lot of development in Spain and southern Europe. I'm not claiming for a moment that they were prefect. And there is deep and bitter irony in looking at how progressive Moorish society was and seeing how restrictive their descendants have become. But to discount the roles of Muslims in history and the development of technology is pure clap trap. - Matt [/QUOTE]

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