John J. O’Neill
John J. O’Neill
Europe’s Dark Age and Islam’s Golden Age: Two Facets of The Same Fiction?
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Popular history books tell us that Euruope's Dark Ages (8-10th century) was Islam's Golden Age --- a Golden Age without any hard facts...
The Real Islamic 'Golden Age'
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It's an almost universal wisdom in modern literature that Islam, out of its love for knowledge and creatvity, created a great, advanced civilization---the so-called Islamic 'Golden Age'. But in reality, it was founded on pre-Islamic Greek and Eastern acquisitions in knowledge and innovations. Moreover, Islam played a significant role in the destruction of classical learning...
Write comment (22 Comments)The Impact of Islam on Medieval Europe
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To what extent did Islam impact medieval Europe? This article is an interesting look into it, although some points in it would raise disagreements, and, hopefully, an interesting debate...
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