The enemy of knowledge

[abaris]

well lets see the people in Egypt were very hygienic and were more advanced with medication and treatments than the middle east for the most part. remember people back then except for the Egyptians were just plain stupid they really only had simple mind sets back then. sadly it progressed and followed to the modern era.

Well, if you're trying to make a historic reference, let's keep it real. Virtually nothing compares to the dumbdown Europe suffered in the transition between the classical Roman times and the Middle Ages. And we stayed pretty dumb till the onset of the Rennaissance and later the age of enlightenment.

All through the Middle Ages Galen was still the highest authority when it came to medicine. There was no development, foremost because the church banned autopsies.

It's interesting that in the Dark Ages when Europe was being ravaged by the black death that it had barely any effect in the Middle East. Of course, in those days Islam was for more advanced, scientifically, than much of the Christian world.

Yeah, without them, we wouldn't even have the concept of zero.