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RE: Islam and Astronomy
February 23, 2014 at 3:15 am
(February 23, 2014 at 2:32 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Interesting tidbit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_astronomy
1126...

Wow Europe was late to the party.

They didn't call them the dark ages for nothing.

Regardless of what one could say the state of science in the Islamic world today - they (amongst others) were instrumental in keeping astronomy alive while the Christian world was stagnant for many centuries.
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Islam and Astronomy - by God Is Not Gr8 - February 22, 2014 at 7:09 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Mr. Moncrieff - February 22, 2014 at 7:13 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by God Is Not Gr8 - February 22, 2014 at 7:18 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Mr. Moncrieff - February 22, 2014 at 7:24 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Wyrd of Gawd - February 22, 2014 at 4:24 pm
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by God Is Not Gr8 - February 23, 2014 at 2:55 pm
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by SteelCurtain - February 22, 2014 at 10:41 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Marsellus Wallace - February 22, 2014 at 11:16 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by KichigaiNeko - February 22, 2014 at 2:28 pm
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Jackalope - February 23, 2014 at 12:40 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by KichigaiNeko - February 23, 2014 at 1:15 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Jackalope - February 23, 2014 at 1:25 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by KichigaiNeko - February 23, 2014 at 2:32 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Jackalope - February 23, 2014 at 3:15 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Cyberman - February 23, 2014 at 3:30 pm
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Jackalope - February 23, 2014 at 3:45 pm
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Wyrd of Gawd - February 27, 2014 at 3:42 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Simon Moon - February 23, 2014 at 3:08 pm
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Marsellus Wallace - February 27, 2014 at 10:20 am
RE: Islam and Astronomy - by Cyberman - February 23, 2014 at 3:57 pm

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