Islamic translations of Greek and Indian texts catalyzed the European Renaissance.

Evidence

A person that I truly admire in the world of academe is Professor Glen Cooper, a BYUand Columbia-trained expert on discoveries and inventions arising from Islamic civilizations. According to his well-documented research, it was Islamic civilizations which gave the West its blueprint for university education today. In eighth century Baghdad, Muslim intellectuals first translated Greek and Indian science and philosophy into Arabic texts that, when later translated into Latin, catalyzed the European renaissance that we all praise today. It was also these same Islamic scientific texts which transformed Western science and ushered in a period of European dominance which many believe ultimately led to the Industrial Revolution. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 803

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 803
• XREF: connects to: Andalusian translators saved much classical Greek learning for Europe — , A Year of World Stories, 3376; Medieval Europe’s intellectual labor was transmission of Arabic-held knowledge rather than invention; Muslim scholars’ work paved the way for the European Renaissance. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 56 (+7 more)

Related

• Muslim scholars’ work paved the way for the European Renaissance. (similarity 0.93)
• Europe’s classical knowledge of the East was preserved and returned by Islamic scholars (similarity 0.93)
• Arabic scientific writings served as medieval European textbooks for centuries. (similarity 0.89)
• Islamic empires established libraries that preserved and built on Greek science. (similarity 0.89)
• European science built directly on Muslim scholarship and Copernicus drew on Arabic sources (similarity 0.88)
• Medieval Europe’s intellectual labor was transmission of Arabic-held knowledge rather than invention (similarity 0.88)
• Andalusian translators saved much classical Greek learning for Europe (similarity 0.86)
• Muslim scholars invented decimal fractions, trigonometry, and the basis for Copernicus. (similarity 0.83)
• The first European universities were founded on Arabic translations of classical knowledge (similarity 0.82)
• The Renaissance broke scholasticism and revived direct study of Plato and Aristotle. (similarity 0.81)
• Islamic civilization preserved ancient learning and stimulated Western scholasticism (similarity 0.81)
• Renaissance scholarship long coexisted with unrevised medieval views of Islam. (similarity 0.80)
• Renan explained away Muslim scientific achievement by attributing it to Persians and Greeks (similarity 0.80)
• Early European translations of Islamic texts ignored most major source works besides the Quran (similarity 0.79)
• European thought supplied Muslim lands with revolutionary symbols and values (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Muslim scholars’ work paved the way for the European Renaissance. #corroborates (0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 56
• Islamic civilization preserved ancient learning and stimulated Western scholasticism #corroborates (0.85) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1634
• Islamic empires established libraries that preserved and built on Greek science. #expands (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 186
• Arabic scientific writings served as medieval European textbooks for centuries. #exemplifies (0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 58
• The Renaissance broke scholasticism and revived direct study of Plato and Aristotle. #complicates (0.55) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1858