After the Phoenicians came, Greek settlers moved in and established several towns thus threatening the Phoenicians for power and land. ... The Spanish-Muslim thinkers of the time stood out above all of the worlds enlightened thinkers because of their vast knowledge in medicine, mathematics, and astronomy. ...
Monks lived a secular life, poverty; fasting and celibacy were rituals which were taught by the Greek bishop Saint Basil. ... Jerome translated the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament) and the Greek books of the New Testament into Latin. Ambrose brought together Hebrew, Greek and Southwest Asian traditions to formulate Christian doctrine and liturgy. ... Scholarship in the Islamic World: Muslim scholars preserved hundreds of ancient Greek and Latin works. ... Muslims made big impacts in the fields of mathematics, astronomy, optics, chemistry, geography, philosophy and medicine. ...
After the Military conquest of Spain by the Berbers from North Africa, Islam flourished in the Iberic Peninsula for more than 700 years. This was due first to lack of military backup on Spain's behalf, and secondly due to the pacifist teachings of the Islamic civilization. Islam started i...
When Europe sank into the dark ages Islamic scholars maintained high standards of academic study, mathematics, and scientific research. Islamic libraries in Bagdad preserved writings of Greek and Roman scholars as Europe's leaders rejected. ...
