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grantcart

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4. The Golden Age of Islam was more powerful than our Renaissance

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sun Jun 4, 2017, 01:11 PM

Jun 2017

The Renaissance advance a more well rounded "Age of Reason" that included art and science. The Golden Age of Islam advanced science and math by several hundred years. It also included religious tolerance and protection for the Jewish population from the West that could escape the murderous hands of the Inquisition.

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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