chimera wrote Today at 11:01am:
freediver wrote Today at 9:34am:
This happened in the judeo-christian fringe of western civilisation, which had been largely taken over by Islam.
Israel didn't exist after the Romans smashed it. Europe persecuted the Jews. Ottomans didn't enter Europe until 1453, 200 years after Renaissance started, and only held the South east fringe (not in Rome, not in Britain).
'Muslim Spain acted as a crucial bridge, preserving and advancing Greco-Roman knowledge, which directly fueled the European Renaissance through scientific, mathematical, philosophical, and artistic contributions that later spread to the rest of Europe, establishing advanced schools, libraries, and a culture of intellectual exchange before its fall'.
This is largely nonsense propagated by Muslims.
The translations, for example, were done by the conquered Jews and Christians who learned Arabic.
The conquering Arabs did not learn Greek or Latin.
The Muslims expelled from Spain did not go to Europe. The Jews did, mainly to Italy and Holland.
The great impetus for the Renaissance was the influx of fleeing Byzantines in the 15th century. They had all the Greek and Latin books.
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